Dr Chin (in black batik shirt), Dr Chieng (in black suit) and Sarawak General Hospital director Dr Ngian Hie Ung (left) at the Malaysia World Sight Day 2020 celebration in Kuching.
KUCHING: The Health Ministry’s mobile cataract service has screened over 20,000 patients in Sarawak’s rural areas since it was introduced in 2013, says state health director Dr Chin Zin Hing.
He said about 7,000 of the patients were successfully operated on, mainly for cataract removal.
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