“Nothing short of a miracle” – Curing blindness in Dormaba, Nepal September 21, 2022 | City Talk In March 2022, the Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation, in collaboration with the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, staged a cataract microsurgical camp in Doramba, Nepal. This turned out to be one of the biggest outreach camps held in the mountainous regions of Nepal. In total there were 333 patients with nine of them being completely [...]
Dr Sanduk Ruit – Making a dream, a reality September 20, 2022 | City Talk The last few decades have seen innovation in healthcare like never before. One of the pioneers of this is Dr Sanduk Ruit. Born in 1954, Sanduk Ruit was raised in the small, remote village of Olangchunggola which sat on the border of Tibet in the Taplejung district of northeast Nepal. The ice-covered village was 3200 [...]
World Sight Day September 14, 2022 | City Talk World Sight Day 2022 | #LoveYourEyes This month, the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) launched its Love Your Eyes global campaign. The goal of this year’s campaign is to raise awareness of the social and economic impacts of blindness across the world. Across the world, many suffer from poor eye health. As a result [...]
Does altitude affect vision loss? September 14, 2022 | City Talk Across the developing world, there is a multitude of reasons that many people suffer from blindness. One of the leading causes is that many communities live in isolated communities where they cannot access eye care or any sort of healthcare. So what are the other reasons? There have been a few recent studies regarding the [...]
Child eye health: Everything you need to know September 13, 2022 | City Talk Children across the globe continue to suffer from vision loss, which could be prevented or treated. The number of children and infants is growing exponentially. It is estimated that by 2050 many more children will remain undiagnosed and untreated. Whilst solutions are available to prevent the child’s eye health from worsening, however drastic and significant [...]
Equality and eye health: Is the gender gap closing? September 8, 2022 | City Talk Historically, females have experienced their fair share of inequality. Campaigning, research and awareness have meant times are changing, but when it comes to eye health, a male in rural South Asia is 46% more likely to receive cataract surgery than a female. Women make up a staggering 64.5% of the world’s visually impaired and according [...]
Tej Kohli and Dr Ruit: Collaboration shows lasting effectiveness in curing cataracts September 8, 2022 | City Talk One of the core senses that inform us of our surroundings is sight. Without it, daily tasks can be near impossible and sadly can result in the sufferer falling into poverty, in some cases extreme poverty. The Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation understands the importance of eye health as well as the detrimental effects it [...]
Exclusive: MPs rebuke Wise after it freezes not-for-profit’s account September 6, 2022 Money transfer firm Wise has been rebuked by a group of MPs today after it suddenly froze the account of a non-profit drug policy organisation and prevented its staff from being paid, City A.M. can reveal.
Claims Prince Charles’ charity accepted £1m gift from Osama bin Laden’s brothers July 31, 2022 Prince Charles was given a £1m donation for his charity from Osama bin Laden’s half-brothers, Bakr and Shafiq bin Laden, according to reports. The Sunday Times has reported that the Prince of Wales allegedly had a private meeting with Bakr at Clarence House in London in October 2013, two years after Osama bin Laden was [...]
Fulham Reach Boat Club raises funds for charity with 20km rowing challenge July 31, 2022 Fulham Reach Boat Club has taken on The Thames in a 20km rowing challenge to raise money for its own charity and the RNLI.