In the final week of May 2023, 400 sight restoration procedures were performed by a team of highly skilled eye experts from Pakistan’s largest free eye care network, Layton Rahmatulla Benevolent Trust (LRBT), along with free eye camps, according to the institution. To assure the patient’s recovery, post-operative exams were also carried out.
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The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Pakistan’s LRBT worked along with COMSTECH, the OIC’s Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, to lead the project for free eye surgery. Since its founding in 1984, LRBT has grown to include 61 eye care clinics and 19 hospitals across Pakistan, offering comprehensive eye care that ranges from basic refraction to the most cutting-edge retinal surgery and corneal transplants. LRBT has provided eye care to more than 51 million individuals in Pakistan, and it does over 1,100 eye operations every day.
