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.