Dr Sanjay Saikia

Consultant Anaesthetist, Sanjay Saikia, works at Kings College Hospital, London. He has been a medical volunteer with blindness prevention charity Orbis since 2000. Over the last 16 years he has volunteered in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Peru, China, the Philippines and Nepal with both the charity’s unique Flying Eye Hospital, and within local hospitals.

Orbis is an international charity that transforms lives by preventing and treating avoidable blindness and visual impairment. We work in countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America training eye care teams, strengthening hospitals, screening for and treating eye diseases and educating local communities in eye health. www.orbis.org.uk