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In contrast, in 2017, over 600,000 cataract surgeries were performed in over 16 countries [3] and over 98 percent were done with microsurgery and lens implants. Nepal is the only country in the Himalayan region performing more cataract surgery than the annual rate of new cataract blindness. [citation needed]
Sanduk Ruit (Nepali: सन्दुक रूइत, pronounced [ˈsʌnduk rui̯t], born September 4, 1954) is an ophthalmologist from Nepal who was involved to restore the sight of over 180,000 people [1] across Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery.
Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, formerly called the Tilganga Eye Centre, [1] in Nepal is the implementing body of the Nepal Eye Program, a non-profit, community based, non-government organization launched in 1992. It was founded in part by ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon Sanduk Ruit. [2] The current facility was opened in 1994. [3]
The hospital is a development of Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital, Lahan (SCEH). BEH was started in Biratnagar, Nepal's second largest city 130 km east of Lahan, in September 2006. [1] With its two eye hospitals (SCEH and BEH), along with its satellite clinics EREC-P provides eye services to the population in eastern Nepal and northern India. [2]
Prevalence of cataract considerably varies by age group, as well: for ages 50–59, it is 7.88%; for ages 60–69, it is 24.94%; for ages 70–79, it is 51.74%; in people over 80 years old, it is 78.43%. The overall cataract-surgery coverage rate was 9.19%. The prevalence of cataract and cataract surgical coverage also significantly varies by ...
It was initially founded to help people in Cambodia without access to eye care, it has since expanded to Nepal, Lao PDR and Sri Lanka. IRIS equips new eye clinics, strengthens existing ones, conducts eye screening, provides cataract surgery for poor people, primary eye care training for staff. [2]
It pioneered the production of low cost intraocular lenses (IOLs), which are used in cataract surgery. [106] The team of Dr. Sanduk Ruit in Tilganga pioneered sutureless small-incision cataract surgery (SICS), [107] [108] a technique which has been used to treat 4 million of the world's 20 million people with cataract blindness.
Cataract surgery in small animals such as dogs and cats is a routine ophthalmic procedure with a success rate of around 90%, and is usually better for eyes with relatively recent cataract development. The presence of other ocular problems may reduce the success rate. Procedures are similar to those for humans.