RIYADH: Medical volunteers working with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, also known as KSrelief, treated 5,282 patients in Bangladesh between June 2 and June 14 as part of the organization’s mission to combat blindness in the country.
During the project, in Joypurhat, they carried out 3,618 medical consultations, 502 cataract surgeries, and provided 1,162 patients with glasses.
KSrelief is a leading international humanitarian organization that helps people and communities in 84 countries. This year, it signed a joint agreement to implement campaigns to combat blindness and its causes in eight countries: Bangladesh, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Yemen and Morocco.
The center previously completed a project to tackle blindness in Bangladesh in 2019, during which 6,700 patients were examined and 717 surgeries performed. Since 2017 it has taken part in a number of similar initiatives in Cameroon, Pakistan, Morocco, Senegal, Gabon, Congo, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan and Chad.
