Free eye treatment camp: light at the end of the tunnel!

A "Special Eye Treatment Camp" was held on 15 May 2025 at the Jalalabad Union Parishad office in Eidgaon Upazila of Cox's Bazar under the ENRICH Project, jointly funded by Mukti Cox's Bazar and Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF).

The inaugural ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Chief Executive of Mukti Cox's Bazar, Mr. Syed Lutful Kabir Chowdhury where Chairman of Jalalabad Union Parishad, Mohammad Alamgir Taj Joni and the Branch Manager of Eidgaon Branch Micro Credit Assistance Program (MCAP), Mr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman attended. The guests attending the ceremony said, "Through ENRICH, Mukti Cox's Bazar organizes eye treatment camps every year ensuring medical services to hundreds of eye-patients and free cataract surgery to the poor patients. Along with the government's development initiatives, Mukti Cox's Bazar has been playing a pioneering role in the overall development of this area."

In his speech, the Deputy Chief Executive of Mukti Cox’s Bazar, Mr. Syed Lutful Kabir Chowdhury, highlighted the development initiatives conducted by the organization, including eye treatment camps under the ENRICH Project and providing cataract surgery to poor patients. He sincerely thanked Cox's Bazar Baitush Sharaf Hospital authorities for their cooperation in organizing the "Special Eye Treatment Camp" with Mukti Cox's Bazar.

Through this eye camp, 167 patients were provided eye care services, where 34 were male and 133 were female patients. Out of these 167 patients, 15 were selected for cataract surgery and shifted to the hospital for surgery on 15 May 2025.

On 16 May 2025, the Chief Executive of the organization, Mr. Bimal Chandra Dey Sarker, visited Cox’s Bazar Baitush Sharaf Hospital to see patients who had cataract surgery and inquired about their health status.

It is worth noting that, apart from providing medical services, necessary medicines were also distributed free of cost to each patient. All the staff of the ENRICH Project sincerely cooperated in organizing the camp. Experienced ophthalmologists of Cox's Bazar Baitush Sharaf Eye Hospital provided medical services in this day-long eye treatment camp.