Medical expert group conducts cataract surgery and technical exchanges in Bangladesh
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"Bright Journey" is a medical assistance project launched by China for neighboring countries. The First Hospital of Yunnan Province has sent medical teams many times since 2011, and has performed free surgeries on more than 2,000 cataract patients.
China News Service, Kunming, October 19 (Reporter Chen Jing) The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province (hereinafter referred to as the First Hospital of Yunnan Province) reported on the 19th that the hospital's ophthalmology medical expert team successfully completed the "Heart Connect Yunnan Tour" Bangladesh "Bright Tour" mission and returned to Kunming. It performed free vision restoration operations for 100 local cataract patients and carried out ophthalmic technology exchanges and training in local medical institutions.
"Bright Journey" is an important "small but beautiful" medical assistance project carried out by China to benefit neighboring countries to benefit the people. The First Hospital of Yunnan Province has sent medical teams to Myanmar, Laos, Sudan and other countries many times since 2011, and has performed free vision restoration operations on more than 2,000 cataract patients, with a cure rate of 100%. In 2026, the First Hospital of Yunnan Province took over the mission of Bangladesh’s “Bright Journey” and became the first Chinese medical team to go to Bangladesh to carry out the “Bright Journey” project.
Bangladesh has strong ultraviolet rays and a high incidence of cataracts. After arriving, the medical team quickly connected with the local partner hospital to complete the operating room layout, equipment debugging and patient screening.
Subsequently, the expert team performed free phacoemulsification combined with intraocular lens implantation for 100 cataract patients who met the surgical indications. When the patients took off the gauze and regained their sight, the room rang with the sound of thanks. One patient said excitedly: "Thanks to the Chinese doctors, I can see the faces of my family again."
In addition to performing surgeries, the medical team also conducted on-site teaching and academic exchanges, demonstrated standardized cataract surgery procedures to Bangladeshi medical workers, and shared postoperative management experience.
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