Today, we assembled with the Lubumbashi Doyen Lions Club and the Mampala Lions Club at the University Eye Clinic, part of the Lubumbashi University Hospital. We presented the hospital and clinic leaders with a large quantity of eye medications that have been donated by Alcon Laboratories in Fort Worth, Texas. The medications were graciously accepted by Dr. Chenge, the leading doctor at the University Hospital. The medications will be distributed by the doctors at the eye clinic to those in need. One objective of our mission is to discuss the possibility of adding services that can enhance the vision program in Kamina based on current vision needs. Recently, the Lubumbashi University Eye Clinic launched a mobile surgical unit that provides cataract surgery in certain regions of the Congo. During the presentation, I requested this group of specialized doctors to consider Kamina as a location in which to perform cataract surgery in the future. Dr. Chenge accepted the request and vowed to place Kamina on the radar for the mobile team to perform surgery.
