W.A.T.E.R., Shara Oil, and Ghana Health Service to perform 175 Cataract Surgeries

W.A.T.E.R., Shara Oil and Ghana Health Service will undertake 175 cataract surgeries in Northern Ghana during the second half of 2010.  The first 75 are planned for Upper West Region in conjunction with World Sight Day from October 11 - 14.  The surgeries will be done in conjunction with the Eye Care Unit of Ghana Health Service headed by Dr. Oscar Debrah and a surgical team led by Dr. Seth Wanye from the Tamale Teaching Hospital.  W.A.T.E.R. is pleased to be associated with this undertaking and encourages others who might be interested, to consider matching this effort as the backlog of cataract patients requiring surgery in Ghana is substantial.  Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in Africa.

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