‘Cousin marriages main cause of eye diseases’

RAWALPINDI: A speaker at a workshop on Friday said cousin marriage is the primary driver for the high rate of eye ailments among babies. 

The Al-Shifa Trust executive, resigned Brig Rizwan Asghar, was talking at the workshop held at the Al-Shifa Eye Hospital. The workshop was sorted out to examine eye ailments, counteractive action and bring issues to light about early treatment of eye maladies among kids. 

Mr Asghar said: "It is anything but difficult to cure an eye malady in youth, as opposed to hold up – that outcomes in complexities. Guardians ought to counsel an eye pro at the earliest opportunity." 

He said the originator of the trust, the late Gen Jahandad Khan, had imagined a particular eye doctor's facility for youngsters which would turn into a reality inside two years. "It is a Rs1 billion venture, and the required sum has been given by nearby givers," he said. 

The trust's leader, resigned Lt Gen Hamid Javed, said an eye transplant costs in regards to Rs120,000, and at Al-Shifa eye transplant surgeries are sorted into three gatherings. 

"We attempt to direct 20 transplants free of expense while the following 20 are financed and 20 are paid for by individuals who can hold up under the full duty," he said. 

Mr Javed said about two million individuals were inclined to eye-related ailments in Pakistan, of which 80pc could be cured with convenient mediation. He said one noteworthy snag to the arrangement of eye consideration to the destitute was the absence of vital offices. 

Mr Javed said the notable function for a youngsters' eye doctor's facility was as of late performed by President Mamnoon Hussain, and the undertaking would be finished inside two years. He said specialists and bolster staff were at that point experiencing preparing. 

Reacting to inquiries, Mr Javed said Al-Shifa was a piece of another activity for eye gifts from the United States and Canada. "At present, around 60 eye transplant operations are led every month, and we plan to build the quantity of transplants to 100 in the following six months," he said. 

He additionally said Al-Shifa had wanted to set up little eye treatment units in remote territories.