By P. Chandra Sagaran
Good news for those who had to wait for months to undergo cataract operation as the Perak Community Specialist Hospital (PCSH) collaboration with Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital is offering free 40 surgeries for B40 patients.
A Public-Private Partnership Empowerment Ceremony for the Cataract Surgery Programme at PCSH recently.
Among those present were Health Ministry’s Deputy Director General of Health (medical) Datuk Dr Mohd Azman Yacob, Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital Deputy Director (medical) Dr Jamuna Arunasalam and Perak Chinese Maternity Association’s Honorary Secretary General Datuk Lim Si Boon.
The Government Hospital would refer cases in their waiting list sometimes between six to eight months to PCSH.
An average of 3,600 operations are carried out by the hospital every year.
Perak Chinese Maternity Association which manages PCSH started the initiative since September 2026 and todate 19 patients had been referred including four of them had undergone operations.
Si Boon said:”The program is carried out under PCSH’s Welfare Fund. Our objective is to assist the community to receive the best health care,” he added.
Meanwhile Dr Mohd Azman in his speech pointed out based on the National Eye Database 2025 a total of 6,555 out of 66,493 cataract patients in the country are from Perak.
The figure represents 10 percent of the cases which is the highest among the states.
The program will go on until November 30 or until the 40 cataract operation is completed or whichever comes first subject to the terms and conditions of the MoU.
The patients have to meet the eligibility criteria and clinical assessments by PCSH.
The sponsorship covers initial clinical assessments, cataract surgery and post operative follow up care.