15 million with cataract

15 million with cataract

SEMARANG: An oculist from Diponegoro University's School of
Medicine, Wilardjo, said that 3.3 percent of Indonesia's 15
million cataract sufferers have gone blind.

Wilardjo, who is chairman of the Central Java Oculists
Association, said that the figure does not include the number of
those in the early phases of cataract.

He said the association is researching ways to help people
suffering from cataract.

The blind make up 1.2 percent of Indonesia's population and
the half-blind comprise another 2.1 percent, he said. (har/05)