For Free Eye Camp: Pakistani doctors to visit Gaza

Dr Intizaar Hussain Butt said that doctors from various parts of Pakistan will depart for Gaza on February 20.

A delegation of Pakistani doctors and eye consultants will provide free training to doctors and medical staff in Gaza in an exclusive tour in partnership with Ministry of Health of Gaza.

In a statement Dr Intizaar Hussain Butt said that doctors from various parts of Pakistan will depart for Gaza on 20th February, under the supervision of Prevention of Blind (POB) Trust and Federation of Islamic Medical Association.


The tour aims at enhancing capacity of Palestine’s doctors so they can ensure proper treatment to eye patients at local level, Hussain added.

Pakistani doctors and consultants will carry out free eye operations also at various hospitals of Gaza in every three months, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 14th, 2013.
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