PRAGATEE FOUNDATION was organized Free Eye Testing, Free Eye Surgery, and Free Specs Distribution camp on Feb 9, 2006, in the Konkan region, with best compliments from Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, Mr. Anil Deshmukh, and Mr. Narayan Rane. TIMES FOUNDATION has joined them as an Encouraging partner. Because of the Heavy schedule ministers were not present but because of lots of blessing and encouraging support, we have completed this mission successfully.
Refractive error, Cataract, Glaucoma, Squint, Conjunctivitis, Corneal opacity, Conjunctiva xerosis, Bitot’s spot (Due to Deficiency of vitamin A), etc. In this event, we invite an expert and Eye specialist team of doctors to check the patient. We have distributed almost 500 specs of Rs. 100/- each and served around 300 patients for Cataract surgery which cost almost Rs. 500/- for each patient. In short, we spent almost Rs. 2,00,000/- (Two lacs only) expenditure to conduct this camp successfully. All these expenses were borne by Pragatee foundation only. All treatment and specs are free to patients.
Pragatee Foundation (Regd) is one of the active, fast-growing, and Associate members of Times Foundation Devoted to the field of social, medical, and education development.
This eye camp was useful to people who are suffering from eye diseases like Refractive error, Cataract, Glaucoma, Squint, Conjunctivitis, Corneal opacity, Conjunctiva xerosis, Bitot’s Spot (due to deficiency of vitamin A), etc.
In this camp, Pragatee Foundation invited experts and a team of eye specialist doctors from K.B. Haji Bachooali Charitable Ophthalmic & E.N.T. Hospital, Parel to check the Patients.
All treatment and specs were served free of charge for the patients. Pragatee foundation made an arrangement to carry patients from village/native place to Mumbai hospital for treatment and operation purposes.
