DNA
KARACHI
LRBT, the largest free eye care network in Pakistan reaches yet another milestone of treating its 50 millionth patient – 28-year-old Shabbir. No other charitable organization has ever treated such an enormous number of patients in the country.
LRBTs services to underprivileged Pakistani’s stand unparalleled as they propel forward their mission that ‘No man, woman or child should go blind simply because they cannot afford treatment.’
The only bread earner of a household of eight, Shabbir is a fruit seller. With a father whose deteriorating health keeps him on his toes, he was so involved in caring for his father that he scarcely noticed that his vision would get blurred at times and as the months passed he was unable to see at all from his right eye and had limited vision in his left. His mother finally convinced him to go to a local clinic and get it checked where he was diagnosed with cataract in both eyes and advised immediate surgery.
