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Cambodia has ambitions to reduce the prevalence of blindness by lowering its rate to 0.35 per cent by 2030, while the Kingdom has already achieved a reduction in its rate from 1.2 to 0.37 per cent between 1995 to 2019, according to the Ministry of Health.
I am one of the five members of my family who wear glasses. In my office, five out of my 11 staff members also wear glasses. With changing lifestyles at work and home, we have exposed ourselves to longer hours in front of electronic devices, which is affecting our eye health. This is something we are all familiar with.
Chan Ngin was a commanding officer who led 200 brave soldiers fighting for freedom against the Pol Pot regime. In June 1982, he led a daring mission to suppress the remaining Khmer Rouge troops in a camp nearby. But little did he know that mission would end his military career. Ngin stepped on a land mine which saw his legs amputated above the knees at the Battambang provincial hospital.
Rotary Club of Lagos Palmgrove Estate has handed over modern surgical equipment worth $250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars) to Indo Eye Foundation, the caretaker of the biggest Eye Hospital in Africa to carry out cataract surgery in Nigeria.
At the event which took place in the Eye hospital located along Murtala Mohammed International Airport, the President of the Club, Chandra Nalode handed over the equipment to the Project Manager, Indo Eye Foundation, Rotarian Mukesh Bhatt. The surgical equipment was procured with Rotary Global Grant with the support of Rotary Club of Singapore, Rotary District 9110, Rotary District 3310, Rotary District 3110 and Rotary District 1175.