By Tripti Pal | Project Leader
India, with 28 states and seven union territories, has a combined population of a little more than one billion and represents about one-sixth of the world's population. India has more blind people than any other country in the world. Of the 45 million blind people worldwide, Indian citizens number 12 million, 1 million of whom are children. India carries a significant proportion of the world's blindness and visual impairment, with nearly 6.7 million blind people.
To address this huge gap in ophthalmic services for the poor, Ishwar Charitable Trust (ICT) was established in 1982 by Dr. Sushil Choudhry in the name of his Late. Mother Smt. Ishwar Choudhry. ICARE Eye Hospital was established in 1993 in Noida under the ICT for providing free of cost eye care services to rural/urban underprivileged communities in the National Capital Region (NCR).
Your generous has helped us to restore vision of the poor elderly patients who are admitted for 3 days for cataract surgery. This includes meals, medicines, surgery and transportation from and back to their homes free of cost.
You motivate us to give of our best for these needy people. Your kind contribution is deeply appreciated and the blessings of the beneficiaries will always be with you.
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