Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, organized a scoliosis awareness walkathon at Colombo Independence Square with a primary objective of enlightening the public about making a scoliosis free Sri Lanka.

KOLKATA, July 22, 2021: Beginning July 2021, a 2-month-old with almost zero eyesight was brought to Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals, Kolkata. On examination, Dr Debabrata Halder, senior consultant ophthalmologist (paediatric), found out that the child was suffering from congenital total cataract in both eyes. “In such cases, however, surgeries are carried out when children are three or four years old. And to operate on a two-month-old’s eyes is a big challenge because of the age as well as the delicate nature of the eyes”, said Dr Halder.