Our Khartoum office report two further eye care
outreaches on 21 and 30 September in remote areas outside Khartoum and
Omdurman. A total of 244 patients were seen of whom 152 received
medicines, mainly eye drops, 43 were given eye glasses, 47 were sent for
examinations to ensure that the correct lenses were prescribed and 30
operations were recommended, several of which have already been carried
out.
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A 20 year old patient was operated on by Dr Nabila
on
the day of the outreach to remove a foreign body.
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The need for this service is undiminished and we give our warmest
thanks to Dr Nabila Radi and her assistants for carrying out the work
in hot and difficult conditions.
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A 52 year old patient who has suffered from Glaucoma
for a long time and will need to use eye drops
for the rest of his life. |
We
are planning an operations day in a clinic outside Khartoum but this
has had to be postponed more than once because of the unavailability of
the necessary facilities. We hope to mount this outreach in the course
of October.
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Dr Nabila operated on
this patient on the
day of the outreach.
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Meanwhile the funds generously donated by two European
charities, Dark and Light and Light for the World, are almost
exhausted. We are urgently seeking funds to enable us to continue this
vital work. Can you help us?
