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Posted: September 2, 2009 |
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In India, the Aravind Eye Care System has provided eye care to millions of people for more than three decades, offering sight-restoring surgery to impoverished patients by subsidizing the cost with paying patients. The state-of-the-art facilities were established by Dr. G. Ventakaswamy, with the goal of eliminating needless blindness.
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| In Surgery |
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| Since its creation in 1976, Aravind has served some 27 million eye patients. About 3.4 million have undergone surgery, mostly to reverse blindness caused by cataracts. |
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| Photo Credit: Fred de Sam Lazaro |
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