Four TTSH doctors provide free eye treatment and surgery for villagers in Bangladesh

Four doctors from TTSH's Dept of Ophthalmology - Dr Nikolle Tan, Dr Rajesh Rajagopalan, Dr Rupesh Agrawal, Dr Don Pek & fellow colleagues from NHG International - embarked on a trip to Bangladesh from Dec 10-11, to provide free eye treatment and surgery for the villagers.

Eye-See-The-World, an annual event since 2008, was organised by the Singapore Airlines. Together with eye specialists from the Bangladesh Eye Hospital, the team rendered free cateract surgery to 194 villagers over the span of 2 days.

It was a fruitful expediation, where people of different cultures met to interact and render aid to each other. The villagers expressed delight and were excited to see our doctors. By the end of the trip, many villagers and children were following the doctors everywhere!

View photos @ TTSH Facebook page.