10 NOVEMBER 2022

 

MEDIA INVITE

 

MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF SIGHT

BHISHO — With more than 1,000 cataract surgeries already done this year in the Eastern Cape, more of the life-changing surgeries will be performed at St Elizabeth Hospital this weekend. 

 

 The 54 cataract surgeries will be done in partnership with the South African National Council for the Blind. 

 

 The identified 54 people who will be operated on will first be screened on Thursday, admitted on Friday, and their cataracts removed on Saturday. In 2021,  2,525 cataract surgeries were performed in the Eastern Cape. 

 

 

MEC for Health, Nomakhosazana Meth will be at St Elizabeth Hospital on the surgeries. 

The surgeries will go a long way in eating away at the cataract backlog as it is estimated at 210 bilateral cataracts and 387 unilateral cataracts. 

 

 The media is invited to cover and report on the life-changing surgeries as follows:

 DATE: 12 November 2022

 

VENUE: St Elizabeth Hospital

TIME: 10am

 Issued by the Eastern Cape Department of Health. 

 

 For enquiries, contact: 

 

 Mr Mkhululi Ndamase, Spokesperson to MEC on 071 851 8338 

 

 Ms Yonela Dekeda, Provincial Spokesperson, Eastern Cape Department of Health on 083 378 0968