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Eye care takes wings

Published: 13 Sep 2013 - 10:37 am | Last Updated: 30 Jan 2022 - 03:30 pm


A paramedic attends to Emanul Sekh, 8, before shifting him to an operation on board the ORBIS, an eye hospital on board a DC-10 aircraft, at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata yesterday. On board, local doctors, nurses and technicians work alongside the ORBIS international medical team to exchange knowledge and improve skills. The mobile teaching hospital is a tool to help prevent blindness in developing countries.