Projects in the Amazon: Cataract Operations

The video shows Project Amazonas, which ZEISS has sponsored. The project is headed by Prof. Cohen, Dr. Jacob, Prof. Walton Nosé, Prof. Rubens Belfort Jr., Dr. Marcos Cohen, Dr. Ricardo Nosé and Dr. Lincoln Freitas. In October 2015, a total of 400 cataract operations were performed on patients from 6 different cities in the lower Amazon region (Urucará, Nhamundá, Parintins, Boa Vista de Ramos, Maués and Urucurituba).