Noor Dubai gifts sight to the blind

5,000 patients screened at an eye camp in Bangladesh, 700 selected for surgery to restore vision

More than 5,000 patients were examined for visual impairment during a six-day eye camp organised by the non-profit organisation Noor Dubai Foundation last week in Natore district of Rajshahi division in Bangladesh.

It was the Foundation’s fourth eye camp this year during which 700 were admitted to the Rajshahi eye hospital for sight-saving surgery.

Founded in September 2008 by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Noor Dubai initiative aims to heal more than one million men, women and children around theworld in one year. To date, Noor Dubai has restored the vision of more than six million people.

In a media statement, Dr Manal Taryam, CEO of the Noor Dubai Foundation who accompanied the medical team in Bangladesh, said the team faced many challenges including difficult weather conditions and transporting patients from Natore to Rajshahi but was pleased with the positive outcome of the eye camp.