Presentation of the sponsorship cheque. |
CMG and CICT to conduct free cataract surgery
The gift of improved sight is to be bestowed on 150 Sri Lankans under
a community initiative by the China Merchants Group (CMG), the major
stakeholder in Colombo International Container Terminals (CICT) which
manages Colombo's third container terminal.
A Memorandum of Understanding ratified by the China Merchant Charity
Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of CMG, and the Sri
Lanka College of Ophthalmologists, paves the way for the donation of 150
foldable hydrophobic single-piece and multi-piece intraocular lenses and
cartridges for 150 cataract surgeries to be performed at the National
Eye Hospital, Colombo.
Valued at US $ 60,000 (about Rs. 8.2 million at current rates of
exchange) the consignment will be supported by the services of two
international doctors who will assist the surgeons of the National Eye
Hospital in the conduct of the surgeries via a charity camp. |