THREE-HUNDRED and forty-five Jamaicans are now able to see the world more clearly after receiving life-changing cataract surgeries during a five-day medical mission held July 6–11, 2026 at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH).

The surgeries were performed by a visiting team of ophthalmologists from Duke University in North Carolina, USA, working alongside KPH’s ophthalmology team in a collaboration that combined international expertise with local excellence.

Led by Dr Lloyd Williams, head of the Duke University Mission, the specialists partnered with KPH’s Eye Clinic under the leadership of Dr Michelle Leighton, consultant ophthalmologist, to provide free cataract surgeries to patients whose vision had been severely affected and who were on the waiting list.