One Million Sri Lankan People Suffer from Blindness

With nearly 1 million blind people in Sri Lanka, it Could be an Epidemic.

Blindness Might be as well be termed as an epidemic in Sri Lanka as Nearly 1 million people suffer from it and cataract could be the reason behind it.

To commemorate the World Sight Day 2018 which falls on October 11, the Health Ministry said that one of the major causes of cataract was diabetes while school children who suffered from obesity were also vulnerable to cataract or other vision impairment diseases later in life, reports Xinhua news agency.

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‘Srilanka will soon amend its vision 2020 programme to meet the rising demand for eye care, explained Jasinghe, Director General of Health Services ’

Director General of Health Services Anil Jasinghe said that over 285 million people suffered from optical issues in the world and over 90 percent of them were from low or middle-income countries.

He said cataract was the main cause for blindness in Asia and Africa.

Jasinghe said that Sri Lanka would soon amend its Vision 2020 programme to meet the rising demand for eye care in the island.

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The programme enables free eye care and lenses to patients and aims at eliminating avoidable blindness from Sri Lanka by the year 2020.

Source-IANS

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