Under the programme, 200 cataract patients will receive surgery each year. However, Vietnamese doctors decided to provide surgery for additional 100 patients at the request of the Lao Ministry of National Defence, bringing the total beneficiary patients to 300 this year.
The patients also receive free medications, lodging and travel cost and other consultation services.
Besides, the HCM City Eye Hospital doctors also trained their Lao colleagues on the Phaco technique.
In 2016, the hospital has helped trained six Lao eye surgeons. It plans to transfer the operation technique to nine more in 2017.
