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AMA EYE CAMPS
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REPORT OF AMA's EYE CAMP, 1st - 6th AUGUST 1998 Abbottonians Medical Association® held its First Eye Camp at Govt. High School, Balakot, District Mansehra from 1st August to 6th August 1998. This camp was organized with the collaboration of Khyber Eye Foundation, Philanthropists from Karachi & Leprosy Blindness Control Program.
Fourteen class rooms of the Govt. High School, Balakot were used for the eye camp. Four separate rooms were used for Male and Female OPDs. A big office of the school was converted in to Operation Theater. Five Classrooms were utilized for Male & Female Eye Wards. One room was used for refraction. On 4th day of the camp, honorable Commissioner Hazara Division, Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema, along D.C. Mansehra paid a visit to the camp. He was very impressed by the arrangements made at the camp. On the 5th day, Mr. Hasan Badr-ud-Din Khan, Principal, Abbottabad Public School & College, who is also the Patron-in-Chief AMA, visited the camp along with Mr. Basharat Ahmed, Vice Principal APS & C, who is the Coordinator of AOBA. Both of them were taken around various sections of the camp. They appreciated the services provided by AMA to the poor patients. The number of patients examined during the total six days was 2188. 104 surgeries were performed during the Camp, which included 50 Posterior Chamber Microscopic Intra-ocular implantation, 44 Extra-capsular Cataract operations and 10 minor operations were also performed. Patients were provided Eye Medicines, Sun and Powered Glasses free of cost. A team of leading ophthalmologists of N.W.F.P. participated in this camp. On 6th Aug., which was the last day of the Camp, a prize distribution ceremony was held at the Forest Rest House, Shogran? Mr. Iqbal Swati was the Chief Guest at this function. "Certificates of Appreciation" were distributed amongst all the participants of the Camp. The following were the participants of the Camp:-
DOCTORS:
MEDICAL STUDENTS
NURSES:
PARA-MEDICS
VOLUNTEERS FROM LEPROSY CONTROL FOR BLINDNESS
VOLUNTEERS:
AMA would like to thank all the following for their cooperation in making the camp a real success:- Prof. Mohammad Daud, Administrator, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar for arranging the Staff & Mobile Operation Theater for the Camp. Mr. Abdul Wahab and Mr, Zafar Shamsi, Philanthropists from Karachi for providing most of the Medicines and Glasses. Mr. Salim Khan, Mr. Shahid Qadir of Shahid Enterprizes, Mr. Arshad of Al-Aman Distributors, Glaxo & Ethical Pharmaceuticals for their assistance. AMA is indebted to Mr. Jamshed Khan, Director Education for allowing to use the premises of Govt. High School, Balakot. AMA would also like to thank Mr. Iqbal Swati, Conservator Forest Department, for providing the coaster for the daily commutation of the camp participants from Abbottabad to Balakot. Lastly, AMA would like to thank the Commissioner Hazara Division for taking his time out of the busy schedule and visit the camp. AMA is also indebted to SSP Abbottabad, Mr. Waseem Afzal Khan, an old Abbottonian for his cooperation in holding this Camp. AMA is grateful to all the participants of the camp for sparing their precious time towards this noble cause.
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