Tilganga Nijgad

Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology with The Fred Hollows Foundation has inaugurated its Nijgad Tilganga Community Eye Hospital, the first of its kind in Madhes Province. The $2.2 million hospital can treat up to 55,000 patients annually. Over 1 million people in Nepal live with some form of vision loss while the Madhes has the second-highest prevalence of preventable blindness in the country.