TO GO WITH'India-health-social',FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA
In this photo taken on September 27, 2021, a medical staff prepares to conduct a free cataract surgery on patient Venkatachalam Rajangam at Aravind eye hospital in Madurai, in India's Tamil Nadu state. - Black ticks on their foreheads marking the eye to be operated on, dozens of patients in green overalls wait in line, beneficiaries of a pioneering Indian model that is restoring eyesight to more people than anywhere else in the world. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH'India-health-social',FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA