The Kavango East and West Health Directorates launched a "Cataract Surgical Eye Campaign" at the Intermediate Rundu Hospital.
The long-awaited campaign is themed "Restoring Hope and Freedom."
The campaign targets more than 400 patients in the two regions and has so far operated on 240 patients.
An ophthalmologist has stepped up to carry out an operation on a learner who is on the verge of losing his eyesight.
The good Samaritan responded after seeing a social media post about Ruston !Gudaob, a grade four pupil at Shalom Primary School in Otavi.
The State's eye clinic at Windhoek Central Hospital currently has about 1300 people on its waiting list for cataract surgery.
Only four eye specialists are employed by the state, with two based in the north, while the other two are in Windhoek.
