Mandeville Regional Hospital to perform 250 cataract surgeries
A view of the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester. (File photo)
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April 5, 2017

Mandeville Regional Hospital to perform 250 cataract surgeries

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Mandeville Regional Hospital (MRH) in partnership with Florida based, Mind, Body and Soul Ministries will perform 250 cataract surgeries in an effort to significantly reduce the waiting list at the MRH Ophthalmology Department.

The Cataract Camp, which is being held for the third time, will facilitate the surgeries starting tomorrow and will continue until Monday, April 10.

Some 453 cataract surgeries were performed by the team in 2014 and 2015.

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