Adeyinka Adedipe No fewer than 120 patients will benefit from the free cataract surgery sponsored by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Edo State. Apart from the surgery, there is also free screening and eye treatment for patients who show up for the exercise, while 20 patients get N2 million. Chief Medical Director of UBTH, Prof.
Darlington Obaseki, on Tuesday, said that 100 adults and 20 children would benefit from the free surgery, noting that it was a good way to ease the tension on the patients who would have had to use their money for the operation. He also commended the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China, for providing succour to eye patients at the hospital, expressing the hope that the gesture would be an enduring one. He said, “This idea by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China is a laudable one and it is coming at a time when patients need it most.
The economic situation is tough and this gesture will provide succour for many people in the UBTH. “I commend the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China for these gestures and hope that it is not a one-off. The management of the UBTH is also ready to partner with the sponsor on programmes like this.
” Acting Consul General, Jin Mingyu, said that the embassy and the government of China were happy to give succour to Nigerians through free eye surgery. He stated that it was a way of giv.
