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The continuing programme is doing another round of screenings throughout the country and we caught up with them today in Belize City:..

Gabriel Sanchez - Charge D'Affairs, Venezuelan Embassy
"Basically, what we are trying to do is to get potential patients that are allowed to go to Venezuela under the program to get the operation for cataracts. Today, we are in Belize City. Yesterday, we were in Orange Walk, and we did pretty well in Orange Walk. We got 66 patients that are allowed to go to Venezuela. The doctors said that they were okay, and we are hoping to get more or less, that figure for Belize City. We are going to take 90 patients to go to Venezuela to get the operation. They are going to be there for 15 days, and we are going to bring them back."

Giovannie Brackett - Plus TV
"What would be the cost if the patients would have to pay for themselves?"

Gabriel Sanchez
"The cost would be huge. The operations are - I don't know - we've seen some operations, and it can cost up to $10,000 Bze. Some operations cost as little as $1,000. Now, Venezuela is doing it for free. This is an ongoing program; it's never going to stop, and we are doing our best to assist the Belizean people. That's why we are doing."

They will be screening TOMORROW IN DANGRIGA, WEDNESDAY IN PUNTA GORDA THURSDAY IN BELMOPAN.