Thirty patients will benefit from the Cataract Marathon that will be held during November, bringing new hope to patients  to see again.

The Department of Health Fezile Dabi District in collaboration with the Bureau of Blindness will be having a cataract Marathon on 22 – 24 November.

Patients on the waiting list has been contacted from all over the district in order to have the eye procedure performed. The operation will be conducted at Parys District Hospital by  Ophthalmologist specialists from National Hospital.

Take note that eye screenings will be done on the 30th of October as from 10:00 at Parys District Hospital. The screenings are for patients that were confirmed to have cataracts.

A Cataract Marathon also took place at the Parys District Hospital during May 2023. A total of 120 patients from Parys, Vredefort, Koppies, Heilbron, Viljoenskroon, Sasolburg and Kroonstad, who were on the waiting list at the Eye Clinic at Boitumelo Regional Hospital, were screened – 60 of whom were prioritised for surgery.

Over that weekend, 57 cataract removals and lens replacements were done. Seven patients had to be referred for continuous monitoring.