Lanka Hospitals facilitates 100 free cataract surgeries

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. The procedures were conducted at Lanka Hospitals’ Operating Theatre by a number of renowned Chinese eye surgeons with the assistance of the Lanka Hospitals’ team.

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

A patient undergoing cataract surgery

A Chinese eye surgeon inspecting a patient