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Prophet Makandiwa rolls out free eye surgery exercise
28 Aug 2012 at 05:41hrs | Views
Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has rolled out a free eye surgery exercise targeted at underprivileged villagers across the country's 10 provinces.
The programme, code-named Operation Restore Sight, was launched at St Albert's Mission Hospital in Mashonaland Central Province two weeks ago by a team of 18 medical doctors and nurses from Makandiwa's United Family International Church, NewsDay reported.
Speaking after the launch, team leader Dr Wilfred Muteweye said the programme had so far benefited 348 eye patients, some with cataracts.
"We managed to operate on 103 patients and all the operations were successful. Out of the 103 patients that were operated on, 53 were totally blind while the other 50 had lost vision in one eye," Muteweye said.
Makandiwa recently built a modern six-roomed house for Chief Kasekete of Muzarabani, his home area.
The programme, code-named Operation Restore Sight, was launched at St Albert's Mission Hospital in Mashonaland Central Province two weeks ago by a team of 18 medical doctors and nurses from Makandiwa's United Family International Church, NewsDay reported.
"We managed to operate on 103 patients and all the operations were successful. Out of the 103 patients that were operated on, 53 were totally blind while the other 50 had lost vision in one eye," Muteweye said.
Makandiwa recently built a modern six-roomed house for Chief Kasekete of Muzarabani, his home area.
Source - newsday
