Nepal's eye health care service luring patents from India, Bangladesh and Bhutan

Kathmandu, March 26: Citizens of India, Bangladesh and Bhutan, among others, come to Nepal for eye care and treatment.    

Foreign patients have come to 28 eye hospitals and 224 eye treatment centers run by Nepal Netrajyoti Association.    

Association's Executive Director Dr Shailesh Kumar Mishra said that 907,071 foreign nationals underwent eye tests and 162,845 underwent surgeries in 2024.  

  
In total 3,268,034 eye patients had received eye test services while 258,575 underwent surgery In 2024.    

As many as 34,425 eye patients had received surgery service free of cost through the Association's hospitals and various external programmes.    

The Association has so far treated 46,868,060 people, including Nepalis and citizens of other countries, through its network, while 5,392,224 people have undergone eye surgeries, said Executive Director Mishra. (RSS)