Purpose: To evaluate the effective method for the vision rehabilitation for cataract patients in the poor countryside in mountain areas.

Methods: To review and analyze the method by the Lee Karsing Foundation for vision rehabilitation since November 1998.

Results: Until December 2002, 10,569 people got free treatment, 1,164 cataract patients regained their vision after free surgery.

Conclusions: That we serve the patients with safe and effective surgery and call on the spirit of devotion as well as safe medical resources, is one of the aims of our job in the poorly equipped hospitals for the "Vision Recovery & Poverty Aid Event".

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