FATEHGARH SAHIB: An Indo- Canadian Anup Singh Jubbal looking to provide the gift of sight to people in India is raising funds in Surrey for a new eye hospital to be set up in Amritsar
district of Punjab. 

As per information received here, Jubbal, president of Canadian Eyesight International, wants to raise $500,000 to build a state of the art facility which will perform cataract surgeries, conduct eye clinics, and host education and training programs in the Amritsar district. 

Jubbal , MSM Recipient of "Meritorious Service Medal"by Governor General of Canada is a businessman from British Columbia and as   Jubbal was instrumental in raising large sums of monies in 1988, International Polioplus Fund Raising Campaign. He is the founder and
driving force and the Chair behind the Project Eyesight-India, since 1989, sponsored and supported by Rotary Clubs and District in Canada, and also Rotary Clubs in India, matching grants from Rotary International, CRCID/CIDA, support from Sikh Temples, Indo-Canadian Community in Canada, which has brought sight restoration and surgeries to more than 42,500
men, women and children, in addition thousands of people have been treated for Avoidable Blindness in rural parts of India for a variety of blinding conditions since 1989.

As the founder and driving force of Canadian Eyesight International, Anup has devoted much of his life to bringing sight to those less fortunate. Now president and CEO of the organization, Anup has helped create free eye clinics in India, British Columbia and Ontario. These clinics have helped over 43,000 people in rural India since 1989.

Jubbal, who is member of the Rotary Club Surrey-Guildford, said that the hospital is crucial
and we need the support of the community.  He said that eye surgery costs just $35 and blindness is 80 per cent preventable with good nutrition, sanitation, medicine or surgery but eye operations are beyond the reach of the average person in India.  Project Eyesight India, under the auspices of Eyesight International and in cooperation with doctors, has been conducting eye clinics and cataract surgeries in India since 1989.

It may be mentioned here that Cataracts are the result of a darkening of the eye's lens which can be caused by the rubella virus, trauma to the eye, and aging. With surgery, impaired vision can be rectified by a lens implant. 

Jubbal said people in Surrey can also arrange to host and fund an eye clinic and surgeries in their home villages provided they raise the money to fund 100 surgeries, or a total of $3,500.
"They can even go to India and participate in the eye clinics and get their relations to attend," said Jubbal.  

Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha, president of Rotary Club, Fatehgarh Sahib while appreciated the efforts of Anup Singh Jubbal said that other NRIs should also contribution for Punjab.