Over 1000 patients get treated at free eye camp

MULTAN     -  A four-day free eye camp, operational at a village 1-Tarpayee, Makhdoom Rasheed area in the sub­urbs of Multan, has pro­vided free consultancy and treatment facilities to over 1000 poor patients besides performing 200 operations during first two days. The camp is witnessing rush of poor patients reaching there by donkey carts and oth­er transportation means on the third day, Monday. The free eye camp was organized by Dost Wel­fare Trust, Al-Mustafa Medical Centre and Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi, and former Corps Commander Lt General (Retired) Khalid Naeem Lodhi is chief or­ganizer of the camp. Free modern diagnostic, con­sultancy, treatment and laser operation facilities were being provided at the camp. Assistant Prof. BZU Multan Mustaneer Afzal Lodhi and Tasneem Haidar were also playing supervisory role at the camp. Meanwhile, Vice Chancellor BZU Multan Dr Mansoor Kareem Kun­di, former VC IUB Prof Dr Saleem Tariq also visited the free eye camp and commended the initia­tive. Doctors at the camp were also providing ad­vice to the patients to im­prove their lifestyle, and what food they should take to improve eye sight. Naeem Khalid Lodhi said that resourceful people must serve the human­ity as per the orders of the Almighty. The camp would conclude on Tues­day (today).

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