11 year old Fazlur Rehman was in the first grade when he started losing his vision. He damaged his cornea while playing with his friends gradually lost his vision completely in one eye. However his father, Ghulam Mustafa, a factory worker earning just Rs.8000 a month and with five more children …
Our 24 Millionth Patient – Sobia Abdullah
10 year old Sobia came to LRBT’s Tertiary Eye hospital in Korangi, a deprived area of Karachi, in a painful state. A thorn had pierced her eye earlier. Her father Rashid a pickup driver by profession earned Rs. 10,000/ month that was barely enough to put food on the table for his family of 10. He …
2013 annual review
90% of the world’s blind live in the developing world. 18.7 million people in Pakistan are either blind or have impaired vision; of these 2.6 million are children Tragically the suffering of 80% of them is needless as they suffer from conditions which can be prevented or cured In this dark …