Ground report: Restoring sight, restoring hope: Dr Sarabjit’s mission compassion

In an age when medical care often comes at a cost beyond the reach of ordinary families, the story of Dr Sarabjit Rajan stands out as a beacon of compassion and service. A renowned eye surgeon, Dr Rajan has not only built a reputation for excellence in clinical practice, but also dedicated the past 20 years of his life to bringing quality eye care to the doorsteps of the underprivileged.

Operating from his own hospital, Dr Rajan has gone far beyond the walls of his institution, carrying the gift of vision to rural and undeserved communities. Over the years, he has organised 632 eye operation camps, providing comprehensive examination and treatment to more than 1,90,500 patients.

For many of them, it was their first chance at professional eye care, often the difference between blindness and a life of dignity. At the heart of his mission is the fight against preventable blindness. Cataract has been a major focus of his charitable work. Dr Rajan has performed more than 17,600 free cataract surgeries with intraocular lens implantation, restoring sight to thousands who might otherwise have been condemned to darkness.

Alongside these surgeries, he has distributed 54,300 free near-vision glasses, enabling countless people to return to their livelihoods, education, and daily routines with renewed confidence.Recognizing that vision problems often begin early in life, Dr. Rajan has also made children’s eye health a priority.

His outreach programmes have reached 23,400 schoolchildren, examined in their schools to ensure that early signs of eye disorders are detected and addressed before they affect learning and development. Dr Rajan has also organized eye check-up camp for the cops also.

The geographical spread of his camps is equally impressive. Villages such as Bhanoki, Palahai, Ghumman, Kot Balkhan, Tehang, Dhindsa, Sahni, Bhulrai, Dhak Pandori, and Rawalpindi have regularly hosted his medical camps, where routine check-ups and surgeries are carried out with the same professional standards one might expect in an urban hospital. For the villagers, these camps mean access to specialized treatment without the burden of travel or financial strain.

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