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. |
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. |
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?
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