With public health and safety assured, Lifeline Express was able to perform free cataract operations on the 3 hospital Eye-trains as well as send medical teams to local hospitals in Linxia, Gansu Province and Tongcheng, Hubei Province to help those who could not make it to the Eye-trains.
However, the work of Lifeline Express had to be stopped after 12 operations in Yili, Xinjiang as the city was put on lockdown to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
Lifeline Express has managed to restore the sight of 5,903 underprivileged cataract patients despite the difficult circumstances of 2022.
Service location in 2022:
Location | No. of Person cured |
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Linfen City, Shanxi Province | 1,191 |
Shiyan City, Hubei Province | 894 |
Jiaozuo City, Henan Province | 1,156 |
Yili City, Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region | 12 |
Dingxi City, Gansu Province | 1,116 |
Huangshi City, Hubei Province | 866 |
Linxia City, Gansu Province | 474 |
Tongcheng City, Hubei Province | 194 |
Total: | 5,903 |