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In 1995, the Regional Director of Christoffel Blindenmission (CBM) saw
the potential of Cataract Foundation becoming a model project and
recommended partnership. CBM recognized the excellent efforts and
surgical skills of Dr. Eusebio and a very committed Board and decided
to make CFPI a center for learning, teaching, inspiring and motivating
other young ophthalmologists and other non-government organizations.
CFPI took on the role of managing funds, equipment, medicines and
surgical supplies and coordinating the eye work nationwide.
During the span of 13 years, the Foundation has this total output.
218,000
cataract surgeries
69,000 other sight-saving surgeries
151,000 pairs of spectacles were dispensed
One of the notable features which the foundation has done was to train
ophthalmologists on Small Incision Sutureless Cataract Surgeries (SISCS),
a cost effective alternative to the high-tech very expensive phaco and
harnessed private ophthalmologists to volunteer their services for
indigent patients with strong emphasis on community approaches to eye
work.
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