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HelpAge imroves eye care services for needy

The HelpAge Sri Lanka- Eye Care Centre (HASL-ECC) enhanced their eye care services by introducing the ‘ Phaco Method of Cataract Surgeries’ with Foldable Intraocular Lenses (IOL’s ). The surgeries are performed free for needy senior citizens over 55 years at the HASL-ECC.

This is the first time the HASL-ECC will use foldable IOL’ with the state of the art technology in order to improve the quality and the standard of services, provided by the HelpAge Eye Care Centre at Sinsapa Road , Wellawatta, Colombo 6. The HelpAge Eye Care Centre was set up 11 years ago and during this period over 25,000 cataract surgeries have been performed for needy elders who live, especially in country’s rural and remote areas.

The Foldable Intraocular Lenses are imported to Sri Lanka under the supervision of the vision 2020 programme the Ministry of Health. HASL, Executive Director, Samantha Liyanawaduge said HelpAge Sri Lanka has organized over 250 eye and medical camps for elderly citizens in the country and over 2500 needy elders underwent cataract surgeries free of charge from its Eye Care Centre during the past twelve months.

He said, although ' Phaco Method of Cataract Surgeries’ with Foldable Intraocular Lenses are highly expensive, HelpAge Sri Lanka has decided to perform all cataract surgeries with the improved quality of lenses for needy elderly citizens free of charge from July 01, 2013.

Manager , HASL-ECC , Ajith Dias said statistics reveal about 25 percent elders in the country suffer from blindness due to cataract and this situation prompted the HelpAge Sri Lanka to perform these surgeries for needy elders free of charge at its hospital.

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