{"id":68749,"date":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/rumbek-hospital-free-eye-surgery-targets-300-patients"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:42:00","slug":"rumbek-hospital-free-eye-surgery-targets-300-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/rumbek-hospital-free-eye-surgery-targets-300-patients","title":{"rendered":"Rumbek hospital free eye surgery targets 300 patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A team of eye doctors is in Rumbek State Hospital to attend to 300 patients with cataracts.<\/p>\n<p>The free eye surgery began on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A patient, Roda Alual Yak, told Radio Tamazuj on Thursday that they were happy although not everyone in need had been attended to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are urging the eye doctors to do the operations for our brothers and sisters who did not get a chance last year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Manyang Ayak said he missed out last year but hoped he would be lucky this time round.<\/p>\n<p>A specialist from the Buluk Eye Center in Juba, Dr Emmanuel Orien, said he is the leader of the team conducting the operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come here several teams. We are targeting around 300 operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn surgery, you may do more or less. You may get surprised that we end up doing 310 \u2013 320 operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor describe cataract as a condition that developed especially in old age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thankful to the government of Lakes State, especially the Ministry of Health and the Rumbek State Hospital who have helped us a lot. We are targeting around 300 patients, and that means that if we do 60 patients per day, it will take about 5 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the people in Lakes State, especially in Rumbek, to put more emphasis on the prevention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur eyes are a very important part of our body. They help us to succeed. Let us not wait for such a campaign to check our eyes. If you feel anything like you are not seeing well or are in pain, you go for an early check,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A team of eye doctors is in Rumbek State Hospital to attend to 300 patients with cataracts. The free eye surgery began on Thursday. A patient, Roda Alual Yak, told Radio Tamazuj on Thursday that they were happy although not everyone in need had been attended to. \u201cWe are urging the eye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":68748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-68749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rumbek hospital free eye surgery targets 300 patients - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/rumbek-hospital-free-eye-surgery-targets-300-patients\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rumbek hospital free eye surgery targets 300 patients\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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