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Lions
charitable
Eye
Hospital,
Chittagong
had
a
humble
beginning
in
1963
when
the
Father
of
Lionisum
in
Bangladesh;
the
late
Ln.
M.R.
Siddique,
4
times
District
Governor
and
the
First
Commerce
Minister
of
Bangladesh
established
the
OPD
of
this
hospital
in
a
small
tin
shed
on
a
small
land
leased
to
the
Lions
Club
of
Chittagong.
This
was
done
with
a
view
to
providing
free
eye
treatment
to
the
poor.
In
the
year
1965,
with
the
contribution
from
Lions
and
philanthropists
in
Chittagong,
the
first
Charitable
Eye
Hospital
in
the
Sub-Continent
was
started
in
the
two-storied
building
Known
as
the
“Lions
Den”.
To
run
this
hospital
efficiently;
The
Chittagong
Lions
Foundation
was
formed
in
the
year
1966
with
representatives
from
all
Lions
Clubs
based
in
Chittagong.
Later
on,
this
hospital
has
grown
into
a
100-bed
facility
providing
free
or
subsidized
cataract
surgery
to
poor
patients;
particularly
to
the
poor
patients
of
off-shore
islands
and
the
remote
hill
districts
of
the
Chittagong
Division.
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Since
Lions
Charitable
Eye
Hospital
which
is
a
pride
project
of
The
Chittagong
Lions
Foundation
has
come
a
long
way
in
terms
of
providing
efficient
expert
and
inexpensive
ophthalmic
services
by
our
trained
doctors
and
experienced
managing
team,
we
are
in
rapid
progress
of
distributing
our
services
more
widely.
Our
Vision
All
people
of
the
World
may
enjoy
the
gift
of
sight.
Humanitarianism:
We
will
respect
our
historical
beginning
and
continue
to
move
forward
with
a
focus
on
volunteerism
and
worldwide
philanthropy.
Ethical
Behavior:
We
will
be
open,
honest
and
transparent
in
all
our
activities.
Respect:
We
will
treat
eye
care
beneficiaries,
partners,
donors,
staffs,
volunteers
and
service
providers
with
care,
respect,
dignity
and
appreciation
regardless
of
gender,
race,
culture
and
creed.
Excellence:
We
will
achieve
highest
standards
of
professionalism
in
all
we
do
individually,
as
an
organization
and
in
combination
with
our
partners.
Sustainability:
We
will
work
to
ensure
that
all
programs
that
we
support,
have
the
capacity
to
become
self-sustaining
and
they
grow
and
continue.
Team
Work:
We
will
appreciate
and
employ
the
strength
of
our
colleagues,
partners
and
investors
in
all
we
do;
both
within
the
organization
and
externally.
Good
Governance:
We
will
ensure
that
our
stewardship
of
the
resources
for
which
we
are
responsible
is
above
reproach
in
all
that
we
do.
Enjoyment:
We
will
work
to
ensure
that
all
who
are
associated
with
Chittagong
Lions
Foundation:
(CLF)
contribute
their
experience
and
seek
continuing
relationship
with
the
organization.
Now
our
hospital
has
turned
into
a
modern
eye
hospital
with
the
assistance
from
operation
Eyesight
Universal,
LCIF
and
local
donors.
We
have
sufficient
ophthalmologists
and
reasonable
equipment
to
provide
Eye
treatment
and
Eye
Surgeries
at
affordable
cost
to
the
patients.
Further
assistance
from
LCIF
will
help
us
turn
this
hospital
into
a
Tertiary
Eye
Hospital
and
Ophthalmic
Institute;
producing
urgently
needed
Ophthalmologists
and
ophthalmic
Paramedics
for
the
country.
At
Present
we
are
carrying
out
SICS
&
Phaco
Surgeries,
DCR,
Pterigium,
foreign
body
removal,
DCT,
Chalazion,
trabecetctomy
enucleation
and
evisceration
surgeries.
We
are
also
providing
diabetic
macular
oedema
diagnosis
other
maculapathy
for
varied
kinds
of
diseases
with
the
help
of
recently
procured
OCT
Machine.
We
are
using
OCT
machine
for
diagnoses
of
early
glaucoma
by
analyzing
the
optic
nerve
head
and
retinal
nerve
fiber
layers
analysis.
We
are
starting
pediatric
cataract
surgery,
pediatric
squint
surgery
and
other
pediatric
surgeries
in
our
newly
opened
pediatric
ophthalmology
clinic.
We
also
intend
to
open
a
Glaucoma
Clinic
and
a
diabetic
wing
to
cater
to
the
needs
of
eye
patients
who
have
diabetes.
During
the
last
year,
we
treated
69,448
patients
in
our
hospital
out
of
which
2516
patients
were
offered
surgeries.
68,138
patients
were
treated
in
outreach
camps
out
of
which
4590
patients
were
detected
with
cataract
but
only
1879
patients
turned
up
for
surgeries
in
our
hospital.
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