The State Government has given Phacoemulsification (Phaco) machine to the district hospital Morar costing RS19 lakh. Inaugurating the machine, District Collector P Narhari said that the Government wants to give better health services to the poor. Now, the poor people will get their cataract operated for free. The CMHO Anoop Kamthan said that this first machine in any Government hospital in the region. The health department has provided a Phaco machine in each division of the State.
Soon after the inauguration of the machine by the collector, operation started by Dr MS Sagar, who received training for operation by the machine from Chitrakoot. The machine can help to conduct 20 operations every day. By operating eyes through this machine, there is no adverse affect to the eyes.