Eye patients turn to traditional medicine to get elusive treatment

A doctor carries out an eyesight test. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Thousands of people in Kilifi have lost their eyesight because they cannot access treatment for easily curable eye diseases, the county's lead eye specialist Dr Geoffrey Anaya has said.

"We are ill-equipped and we require more infrastructure since our services do not reach many patients. There are approximately 7,000 people who are blind because of treatable cataracts, and 4,000 live with cataracts," he said.