During this week, about 300 patients from the  Monseñor Sanabria public hospital in Puntarenas Province, will get eye cataract-removal surgery.

Social Security and the hospital support team are responsible for the campaign. According to Social Security, this is the big campaign they've ever done at one hospital. They have seven surgeons on the campaign with a goal of 37 surgeries in one day. Specialists estimate that surgeries last an average of 20 to 30 minutes per patient.

The patients listed for surgeries already have previous medical evaluations, speeding up their time spent in the hospital.

The campaign is part of the reopening plan for patients with pending medical services that were delayed during the height of the pandemic. The goal is to reduce the number of pending medical procedures- and eye-cataract surgery being a priority.