Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital: new full WAEH Member

July 6, 2023

A warm welcome to the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital from Pakistan as a full member of the WAEH!

Al-Shifa Trust was established in 1985. It is a non-governmental, non-political, charitable organization. The board of trustees comprises retired service men, businessmen, bureaucrats and professionals.

The aims and objectives of the trust are prevention and control of blindness by providing standard and sustainable eye care services which are accessible and affordable, human resource development through training of doctors, nurses and paramedics, creating awareness about eye diseases in general public through camping activity and to establish facilities for research in ophthalmology.

Want to know more about Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital? More info here!

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