Lanka Hospitals facilitates 100 free cataract operations

Lanka Hospitals Chairman Dr. Sarath Paranavitane, and Lanka Hospitals CEO Dr. Prasad Medawatte presenting a memento to the Chinese medical delegates

Lanka Hospitals partnered with the Association for Sri Lanka China Social and Cultural Cooperation, China’s AIDI Eye Hospital and the Sichuan Lion’s Club in China to provide 100 free cataract surgeries to the underprivileged in Sri Lanka. The cataract procedures which were conducted as a CSR initiative, were successfully carried out recently at Lanka Hospitals’ Operating Theatre by a number of renowned Chinese eye surgeons with the assistance of the Lanka Hospitals’ team. 

A Chinese eye surgeon inspecting a patient

A patient undergoing the cataract surgery