Free Eye Care camps commenced for IDPs
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Internally displaced persons are persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border. They are refugees in their own country.
Similar disaster in Pakistan has, recently, resulted in a massive internal displacement; the residents of these areas are migrating to safer regions like Mardan, Swabi, Charsadda, Nowshera, Jalozai and Peshawar. More than 3 million people are displaced from their places of residence; Swat Calamity is termed as largest humanitarian and displacement calamity in recent times. These Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) need our help on emergency basis.
The POB Trust organized its first free eye camp in Mardan District on Friday, May 29, 2009. This free eye camp lasted till May 31, 2009. A team consisting of 12 ophthalmologists along with essential paramedical staff organized this free eye camp in Mardan. Other than this base camp, 3 subsidiary eye camps were held in adjacent areas to Mardan comprising of 4 eye specialists in each camp. Similarly, a team of 8 doctors and 11 paramedics set up a free eye camp in Swabi from June 19 to June 21, 2009. A large number of local people visited the camps for eye treatment. The other free eye camps were held at Charsadda, Nowshera and Jalozai on June 27, and 28, 2009 comprising 9 ophthalmologists and 13 paramedics. Total number of beneficiaries from these camps exceeds the figure 6,000 while 1,810 patients were provided glasses. More than 100 patients were operated upon.
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Free Eye Camps for IDPs in Mardan
Date 29-30-31 May 2009
Place Hujra Amjad Khan Pohan colony Mardan
OPD Camps 29th May Jalala
30th May Sheikh Yaseen
31st May Sheikh Shahzad
(IDPs in schools and Homes)
Doctors 12
(Dr Tahir Farooq, Dr Javed, Dr Khalid Jamal, Dr javed Bashir, Dr Khalid, Dr Iftikhar, Dr Zahid Latif, Dr Usman Saeed, Dr Ameer Hamza, Dr Intzar Butt, Dr Naqshab, Dr Saira)
Paramedics 11
Number patients Examined in OPD 2000
Surgeries 36
Glasses provided 460
Free Eye Camps for IDPs in Swabi
Date 19-20-21 June 2009
Place Hujra Muhammad Akram Bacha Mansab Dar Swabi
OPD19TH June Shah mansoor town & topai
20th June Yar hussain & Jalbai
21ST June Sheva Adda
Doctors08
(Dr Tahir Farooq, Dr Khalid Jamal, Dr Fayyaz Ahmed, Dr Amir Naseem, Dr Saira, Dr Arshad, Dr Aslam Bhatti, Dr Faiz-ur-rehman, )
Number Patients Examined in OPD 2300
Number of operated Patients 61
Number of Glasses Provided 700
Paramedics 11
Free Eye Camps for IDPs in Charsadda, Nowshehra & Jalozai
Dated 27-28 June 2009
Place Residence Haji Ghulam Sarwar Yezai GT Road Pabbi
OPD 27th June Charsadda Plosa 1, Plosa 2, Sugar Mill Camp
28th June J-1,J-2 & J-3 Camp
Doctors 09
(Dr Tahir Farooq, Dr Khalid Jamal, Dr Saira Gulzar, Dr Waseem, Dr Irfan, Dr Habibu Rehman, Dr Mir Zaman, Dr Muhammad Asghar, Dr Nowsherwan)
Number Patients Examined in OPD 2081
Number of operated Patients 07
Number of Glasses Provided 650
Paramedics 13
POB Trust free Eye Camp for the IDPs of Swat, Bunair, Malakand
· Fifteen Doctors and 20 paramedical staff served voluntarily.
· 1800 patients examined.
· 700 patients were provided with free patients.
· Allergy medicines were provided to 800 patients.
· 35 cataract surgeries with IOL implantation were carried out.
· Doctors and administration of LRBT offered their valuable services and assistance voluntarily.
· Facilities of specialist outdoor, screening in camps and door to door mobile were provided.
These free eye camps aimed to reduce visual impairment among IDPs through improved accessibility to ophthalmologic diagnosis and care. The POB Trust will continue to organize free eye camps in these districts for IDPs.