As many as 5,500 patients across the country have been given cataract
surgery and screening for refractive errors under a 45million AUD
Avoidable Blindness Initiative funded by the Australian Government in
the Asia-Pacific region.
Three hundred eye doctors and technicians have also been trained under the programme.
The figures were released by the National Eye Hospital at a recent
workshop on preventing blindness in Hanoi recently, which drew eye
doctors and experts from Australia, Cambodia and Vietnam./.