16 patients get free phaco surgery at Bashundhara Eye Hospital

Sixteen patients underwent phaco surgery for free at Bashundhara Eye Hospital and Research Institute in the capital on Thursday.

Bashundhara Eye Hospital and Research Institute and Vision Care Foundation jointly conducted the campaign, said a press release.

Dr Fahad H Khan, director of Vision Specialists of California of USA, and Dr Rubina Akter, took part in the surgery under the supervision of Professor Moutussi Islam.

Commenting on the free surgery, Mohammad Ahsan Habib, manager of HR administration of Bashundhara Eye Hospital and Research Institute, said: “More than one thousand patients have been given free surgery through this camp. However, due to Covid, the activities in different districts have been stopped but it is still going on in the hospital.”