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FIMA GIVES VISION (corrected visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye), based on WHO criteria. The rates of blindness, visual impairment and low vision were 1.1%, 5.9% and 4.8% respectively. The distribution of VI by age group is 7% in the 0-14 years age group, 28% in the 15-49 years age group, and 65% in the 50 years and older age group. Sri Lanka, being a developing South East Asian nation, has its own share of this disease burden. While the public sector eye care services are extremely limited and far from meeting the demands of the public, the cost of care in the private sector is prohibitive to many affected patients. It is indeed the humanitarian sector that frequently comes forward to help poor patients and ease the disease burden of the society in Sri Lanka and other developing countries. Status of Eye Health Care in Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka is a beautiful small island at the southern tip of South Asia. It has a population of 19.2 million. (50.2% female and 49.8% male). It has a higher literacy rate and life expectancy rate when compared to other neighbouring South Asian countries. Life expectancy at birth is 71 years for male and 74 years for females 3 . The Kandy Eye Study, is a population based survey conducted in the Kandy district of Sri Lanka’s central province 4 . In this study of 1721 eligible subjects, 1375 participated (79.9%). Their average age was 57 years. All subjects underwent evaluation at presentation with best corrected log MAR visual acuity, and slit lamp examination. Primary outcome measures were visual impairment (corrected visual acuity less than 6/18 in the better eye) and blindness The study revealed that the prevalence of blindness is considerably greater than previously believed. It also showed that cataract and age related macular degeneration are the leading causes of visual impairment Cataract caused 79% of visual impairment, and age related macular degeneration caused 15% 4 . Total number of blind population in Sri Lanka is 81,000. Maturity onset cataract accounts for 66% of the blind population. Number of people blind due to cataract is 54,000. (Impaired vision not included in this calculation).Total of cataract blind eyes with visual acuity (VA) below 3/60 is 125,800. If criteria for selection for cataract surgery is brought up to 6/60, the number of eyes needing surgery would be 125,800*2.5= 314,500 3 . Human Resources and Infrastructure in Delivering Eye Care in Sri Lanka: Inspite of higher health indices and literacy rates, skilled human resources to deliver eye care services do not exist in many parts of the peripheries of Sri Lanka. Furthermore, lack of infrastructure development and the destruction of already existing poor infrastructure due to three decades of war between Tamil Tigers and the government of Sri Lanka destroyed whatever was available. This left a large segment of the Sri Lankans totally isolated from centers in big cities where eye services were available either at the private sector at a very high cost or in the government sector where the long waiting list is too long and many will not survive to reach the top of the list. It has been identified by the Sri Lanka Eye Foundation that the lack of accessibility and affordability to eye care services are the main causes of preventable blindness in Sri Lanka. Humanitarian Sector: While the private sector eye care was unthinkable to most Sri Lankans and the public FIMA YearBook 2010-2011 74
FIMA GIVES VISION sector was struggling at the breaking point to cope with the demand of the public, there was one sector that came forward to ease the burden of blindness in the society through charitable means. This humanitarian sector linked all generous hearts to provide sight in the eyes of poor blinds and came forward to help through Kuwait Hospital Foundation, a Not –for- profit entity that runs 50 beds hospital in a remote area of North central province of Sri Lanka, Puttalam. The Kuwait Hospital Foundation, while providing general medical care to poor Sri Lankans, became more focused on eye care, and until August,2011, has so far completed 5718 cataract surgeries to all segments of poor Sri Lankans irrespective of their ethnicity, language, religion or culture. The other services at the Kuwait Hospital include; emergency relief in national calamities, affordable healthcare services, mobile medical services, OPD Services, Inward treatment-medical and surgical, surgical theatre facilities, labor wards and maternity care, home nursing, well baby clinics, well mother clinics, blood donation campaigns, health check- up education and training, nurses training program locally and abroad and conducting health awareness programs in rural areas. The Kuwait Hospital Foundation’s services are accessed by those who “have” by providing affordable private medical care and those who “have not” are looked after by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) system using Zakat/ Sadaqa. Further, the Kuwait Hospital collaborates and works with the government and many national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), charity organizations, and philanthropists. Table II shows NGOs that collaborate with the Kuwait Hospital in various relief projects. Cataract Projects: Since the inception of this hospital many free charitable projects including, cataract projects were conducted in collaborations with local and international NGOs. More than 5000 patients have undergone cataract surgery free of charge at Kuwait Hospital. Table III shows implemented cataract projects and collaborating NGOs 5 . Involvement of FIMA: FIMA has come forward and spread its wings in service to reach as far as the north central province of Sri Lanka where it has a permanent FIMA Vision Care Centre that provides human services to desperate poor Sri Lankans to restore their most invaluable gift of Allah, the eyesight. In August 2007, Professor Hafeez Ur Rahman, Director of FIMA Save Vision Project, visited Sri Lanka to initiate collaboration for combating visual impairment, with concerned Sri Lankan organizations. A fruitful meeting was held with the administration of Kuwait Hospital, in which FIMA agreed to provide ophthalmology technical support and establishment of FIMA Eye Care Center at the hospital, which was later implemented in May 2008, and became the hub of eye surgeries and care for other relief NGOs. The first FIMA eye camp was conducted at the Kuwait Hospital in April 2008. Over 750 eye surgeries, mainly for cataract, were conducted by volunteer FIMA ophthalmic teams. In this visit, Prof. Hafeez Ur Rahman achieved another breakthrough by a collaboration understanding, with the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society, to provide FIMA with corneas for transplantation, in FIMA various ophthalmology projects, and other relief activities, especially in Africa. FIMA YearBook 2010-2011 75
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