Qatar Charity restores eyesight of 500 patients in Burkina Faso

Tribune News Network Doha Qatar Charity (QC), through its Burkina Faso office, has recently implemented a blindness prevention drive, restoring the eyesigh...

Tribune News NetworkDohaQatar Charity (QC), through its Burkina Faso office, has recently implemented a blindness prevention drive, restoring the eyesight of 500 patients. The drive was carried out in cooperation with the National Center for Blindness Prevention of Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health. It was the fourth campaign of its kind, which was implemented by QC in Burkina Faso to benefit a good number of people from various regions of the country. The previous campaigns managed to bring back vision to more than 1,500 people who had been blinded by cataract. The drive was attended by a group of medical specialists and assistants, led by the medical staff of the National Center for Blindness Prevention, which is the largest medical institution in Burkina Faso.Dr Emmanuel Seni, director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, expressed his delight with the ‘Blindness Prevention’ drive, commending QC’s efforts that contributed to restoring the eyesight of many of those who cannot afford the costs of treatment. He also noted the limited income of community members, encouraging such initiatives in the health sector. Dr Patti Sankara, director of the National Center for Blindness Prevention, thanked the philanthropists in Qatar for their generous donations, as well as QC for its humanitarian efforts, indicating that their support helped the beneficiaries get their eyesight restored. “Surgeries were successfully conducted for 500 patients,” said Gallo Drissa, director of QC’s Burkina Faso office, adding, “This drive is a continuation of Qatar Charity’s health efforts to draw a smile on the face of those who lost their eyesight by resorting the vision to their eyes.”It is worth mentioning that QC has previously managed to implement many projects in Burkina Faso, benefiting a large number of people. The projects included health, educational, social housing, social welfare, and income-generating projects, in addition to sending medical convoys to treat the underprivileged and provide them with medicines.