Black cataract disease is spreading rapidly among Pakistani children, in which Al Shafa Eye Hospital is playing a very important role. Photo: File
Rawalpindi: Glaucoma is spreading rapidly among Pakistani children, for which timely treatment is essential.
In order to save children from loss of sight in this alarming situation, 22 to 25 children have been operated daily at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, and with timely surgery, children can be saved from permanent loss of sight due to black cataract.
Cataracts at birth and later in young children at the age of ten to twelve have made the situation so alarming that parents are anxious to save their children from lifelong vision loss. They started taking them to eye specialist doctors. In this regard, Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital in Rawalpindi is a center to protect children suffering from black cataract from this disease, where expert doctors are performing the duty of getting rid of this disease by performing surgery on children suffering from black cataract.
Children suffering from black cataracts are being provided with free facilities to restore their structure completely by getting rid of this disease. After that, their vision should not be examined in time. Cataracts in children can cause the risk of permanent vision loss. It is important that parents get their children’s vision checked on a regular basis after they grow up.
If glaucoma is not diagnosed early and treated by a qualified doctor, children can lose their vision for life. There is a great need for awareness regarding black cataract disease so that timely eye surgery of children can be done to prevent them from losing sight. Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has the latest technology for the treatment of eye diseases. A large number of children suffering from black cataract disease are reaching the hospital and after the necessary tests, their surgery is started.
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