The formal opening of the program "Vision Nepal 2011" took place at Dhulikhel
Hospital, the Kathmandu University Hospital, on April 22, inaugurated by the
Vice President of Nepal, Mr. Parmananda Jha.
The next day a symposium on cataract and oculoplasty was held at Dhulikhel
Hospital in coordination with Embassy of Israel, Eye with Zion and the Nepal
Ophthalmic Society. Some 60 participants including ophthalmologists, residents
and optometrists from all over Nepal participated in this symposium.
A three-day camp at Mane Kharka, in Langtang Valley, was set up along with a
team of medical doctors from Dhulikhel Hospital on April 24, where the Israeli
and Nepali doctors together conducted examinations, treatments and surgeries. A
total of 485 cases were examined during the camp, among which 54 cases of
cataract were identified. Of these, 25 patients were operated on during the
camp, and the rest were referred for treatment to Dhulikhel Hospital.
After returning to Kathmandu, the Israeli doctors continued to conduct
treatments and cataract surgeries at Dhulikhel Hospital and wrapped up their
mission on May 3, 2011.