President Muhammadu Buhari will today commission the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation Eye Hospital in Abuja.
The hospital which is managed by the renowned Aravind Eye Care System of India is run largely by a Nigerian team of 30 eye professionals who have recently undergone intensive training in India, Daily Trust learnt.
Briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, Jagdish Chanrai, Founder and Trustee of the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF) said about 60% of the hospital’s services would be provided free of charge to poor and marginalised communities while the rest would be at subsidized rate.
Chanrai said the hospital which commenced in January this year has provided eye services to over 6, 400 patients and performed over 1000 eye surgeries, with about 850 of them provided free for the poor.
He said the foundation was established by the Chanrai family in 1992 and has touched the lives of 7.5 million Nigerians through projects across 32 states of the country.
A patient, Tertima Emmanuel, said he was treated for cataracts in his eyes, and was told to pay only 10% of the cost of services.
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