Facilitating cataract surgery for 1,000 patients in Wardha

Oct 2022 Team Rotary News

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DG Anand Jhunjhunuwala (second from R) and DRFC Mahesh Mokalkar (third from R) at the Vinoba Bhave hospital.

Rotary Club of Gandhi City, Wardha, RID 3030, in association with RC Bahia, Brazil, RID 4391, established an ophthalmic operation theatre at the Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital in Sawangi Meghe village near Wardha, Maharashtra. The global grant project helped install a phaco and an A-scan machine, and a digital microscope, costing ₹45 lakh. The objective is to provide cataract refractive surgery to 1,000 less privileged patients.

DG Dr Anand Jhunjhunuwala inaugurated the OT in the presence of DRFC Mahesh Mokalkar, club president Shailesh Sinhal and secretary Saket Bagrodia.