Ophthalmologists from Saudi Arabia carry out charity mission in Cameroon

Some 2500 patients with eye defects in Garoua have benefited from a free consultation that ended on 2nd September 2015. This was thanks to a one-week health campaign organised at the Garoua Central Hospital by the International Islamic Relief Organization of the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia. During the health drive, 500 patients mostly those with serious cases of cataract were operated upon and given medication and lenses free of charge. 

The Head of the medical team said the campaign is the fruit of cooperation between Cameroon and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He added that the blindness prevention program to treat cataract is their own way of extending solidarity to the needy especially those of forty years and above. The patients on their part expressed gratitude to the Minister of Public Health for facilitating cooperation with the Saudi Arabian team.