Venkataswamy G
Am J Ophthalmol. 1975 Jan;79(1):135-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(75)90471-7.
In India, nearly 1.5% of the population is blind due to cataracts, most of them mature. The facilities available for eye operations are not adequate to restore sight to all these people, so eye camps are conducted all over India. A massive eye camp project begun in June 1972 fixed a goal of 100,000 cataract operations a year in the eye camps. About 50,000 cataract operations were done in that period. Most of the people who receive operations are poor and they are provided with free surgery, medicine, food, and glasses. This project will continue until enough eye hospitals are built to accommodate all the patients in our locality. The other states in India are planning similar programs.
在印度，近1.5%的人口因白内障而失明，其中大多数是成熟期白内障。现有的眼科手术设施不足以让所有这些人恢复视力，因此全印度都在开展眼科义诊活动。1972年6月启动的一项大规模眼科义诊项目设定了每年在眼科义诊活动中完成10万例白内障手术的目标。在那个时期完成了约5万例白内障手术。大多数接受手术的人都很贫困，他们能获得免费的手术、药品、食物和眼镜。该项目将持续进行，直到建成足够多的眼科医院来接纳我们当地所有的患者。印度的其他邦也在规划类似的项目。
