Tripri, Patiala (Manpreet Singh):- Basant Ritu Youth Club, Tripri, Patiala, organised its monthly eye check-up and surgery camp in front of Guru Tegh Bahadur Eye Hospital at Dukhniwaran Sahib, Patiala. The camp was presided over by the club’s chairman, Yashpal Bedi.
Club president Eng. Akarsh Sharma said that an eye specialist team led by Dr Asha Pritpal Kaur examined needy patients, and lens implantation surgeries were performed on five needy patients.
Dr Asha Pritpal Kaur said that Basant Ritu Youth Club, Tripri, had been arranging lens implantation surgeries for needy patients for the past 33 years, setting an outstanding example of selfless service.
Club chairman Rajesh Sharma Ramtatwali said that people from outside Punjab also travel to benefit from the free eye surgery camp organised by the Basant Ritu Club every month. Needy patients coming from other states are also provided with travel expenses, while medicines and spectacles are distributed free of cost by the club. So far, the club has facilitated lens implantation surgeries for approximately 1,500 needy patients.
Santosh Kumar Lalwani, Deepak Kumar, Dharminder Kumar, Mehrwan Singh Mago, Ramakant Dubey, Harjit Singh and others participated in the programme.
