Dr. Adel Al-Rushood, founder of the Al-Basar International Foundation, and owns 43 hospital worldwide, led the recent humanitarian mission along with other non-governmental organizations such as the Pilandok Radio Forum, headed by former Congresswoman Faisah Dumarpa, Danny Dimaporo and Fraternal Order of Eagle (Iligan City Chapter), among others.
Having established understanding and prepared comprehensive Cataract Surgical Operation Programs, the Tamparan Medical Foundation Inc. headed by Dr. Potri Disomimba-Ali, has been well thought-out of the Eye Program, allowed as much as 600 patients for free eye phacoemulsification laser operation.
Phacoemulsification refers to modern cataract surgery in which the eye’s internal lens is emulsified with an ultrasonic hand piece and aspirated from the eye.
Cataract surgery is the removal of the natural lens of the eye that has developed an opacification. Metabolic changes of the crystalline lens fiber over time lead to the development of the cataract and loss of transparency, causing impairment or loss of vision.
During cataract surgery, a patient’s cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a synthetic lens to restore the lens’s transparency.
Dr. Potri Disomimba-Ali praised the Al-Basar International Foundation, the Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society, and all those who helped in the medical mission for the benefit of mostly poor Muslims in the southern Philippines.
“We are so thankful to Al-Basar International Foundation and the Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society and all those organizations and people who made this medical mission possible. Our people are so thankful and we cannot say much more, but our deepest gratitude for helping us, for helping the poor Muslims and the others,” she said.
Locals and government officials have lauded the Al-Basar International Foundation, Kuwait Patients Helping Fund Society, the Tamparan Medical Foundation and other Global and local organizations that helped in the medical mission. (Mindanao Examiner)
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