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Lions Club International helps 196 to regain sights |
| Axum, December 15,2005 (WIC)- Some 196 individuals have reportedly regained sights through ophthalmic surgery carried out by the Lions Club International over the last three days at Midre-Genet Hospital in Shire-Endasillasie town,Tigray State. Head of the ophthalmic section with the hospital, Sister Hiben Sibhatleab told WIC yesterday that the patients were all over the ages of 40 and living in various woredas of North-Western Tigray Zone. More than 400 individuals have regained sights through three similar surgeries the Lions Club has undertaken in collaboration with medical professionals in Axum Saint Mary and Kuha Hospitals over the past two years, it was learnt. |
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