Lahore : More than eighty percent of premature babies who weigh less than 1.5 kilograms at the time of birth have a high risk of developing the disorganized growth of retinal blood vessels which can cause vision problems including permanent blindness, a leading eye-care hospital said Sunday. Babies born prematurely, ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionA Pakistani doctor wins award at Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology
Lahore : A Pakistani doctor has earned prestigious award at Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress held in Singapore. Dr. Tayyab Afghani, a senior doctor of Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, was honoured with the esteemed award in recognition of his services in the field of eye care. APAO ... Read More »
One million Pakistanis lost eyesight due to delay in diagnosis : Brig. (Retd) Rizwan Asghar
Lahore : Executive Director Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital Brig Rizwan Asghar has said that glaucoma is the ‘silent thief’ steals the sight of thousands of Pakistanis every year. Regarded as the second major cause of blindness globally the disease it causes the cables in the optic nerve to die off ... Read More »
One child loses sight in every minute:Experts
Lahore: Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital President General (retd) Hamid Javed in Saturday, termed lack of knowledge about the eye related disease as main reason for spreading blindness both among the children and young people. As per findings of our survey, 85% people who lost their eyesight due to some ... Read More »
Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital restores eyesight of 56 patients in one month
Lahore: A leading eye care hospital working with a vision to eliminate blindness across the country has achieved distinction by conducting fifty six corneal transplant operations in one month. Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has upgraded facility to conduct at least fifty corneal transplants every month and so far 235 operations ... Read More »
Pakistan is lagging behind in the prevention of blindness:Lt. Gen(R) Hamid Javaid
Lahore: Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital on Tuesday said Pakistan is lagging behind in the prevention of blindness due to host of reasons as 85 percent of the total blind population could have been treated by timely intervention. Ten percent school going children have vision related issues while majority remains unaware ... Read More »
Al-Shifa Trust to establish specialised eye hospital for children :Hamid Javed
Lahore: Keeping in view the prevalence of eye diseases in Pakistan, particularly in children, the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has decided to establish a state-of-the-art specialised eye hospital for children in Pakistan, a hospital official said Tuesday. We have set a goal to establish a full-fledged children eye hospital by ... Read More »
Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital is serving suffering humanity:Senator Mushahid Hussain
Lahore: Senator Mushahid Hussain termed it as ‘heartening’ that private sector initiatives like Al Shifa Trust Eye Hospital were serving suffering humanity, acknowledging its founder, the late Lt Gen Jehandad Khan as a ‘role model’ worthy of emulation, who put collective interests of society above any personal interest. Speaking as ... Read More »
Al-Shifa eliminating avoidable blindness
Lahore: Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital treated around six thousand patients in various eye camps held in Swat sponsored by the Pakistan Army. These free eye camps were organized under the Community Outreach Program of the trust in collaboration with Pakistan Army (HQ 315 Brigade) in the month of September, according ... Read More »
FFC donates Rs 3 million for eye screening of schoolchildren
Lahore: Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has received a donation of Rs 3 million from Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd. (FFC) aimed at improving screening process of the schoolchildren and provision of quality eye care services to the poor patients in the remote areas. The money would be used to purchase latest ... Read More »