Patient stories
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“Sorry, your daughter is going blind and there’s nothing we can do for her…”
Powerless How powerless do you feel as parents when your three-year-old child turns blind and you are being told: “We can’t do anything for your daughter…we don’t have the equipment or the skills.” These words...
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“Sorry, your daughter is going blind and there’s nothing we can do for her…”
How powerless are you as parents when your three-year-old child goes blind and you are being told: “We can’t do anything for your daughter…we don’t have the equipment or the skills.” These words were said...
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Give an eye doctor like Dr. Hong a contribution to his education
Due to the lack of ophthalmologists in low-income countries, patients often have to wait a long time for surgery that can change their lives. Those who need specialist eye care cannot always access a place...
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Give a patient like Pham a cataract surgery
Pham has a cataract which causes constant accidents during cooking or walking. As a result of the cataract, Pham once fell from a narrow path into the rice field. He damaged his spleen and needed...
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Give a schoolchild like Hahn an eye test and a pair of glasses
Hahn is one of the smartest kids in her class. Yet she has been getting low grades lately because of her bad eyesight. She cannot see what her teacher writes on the board, studying takes...
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Bhama Kala’s wish came true after all!
When Bhama left the hospital to return home, I saw a sprightly lady. She was a completely different person than the one who arrived at the eye camp. I remember that moment perfectly.
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Give Chey back what he had lost
In the waiting room of the hospital here in Zambia, a young woman sat with her head hanging down and her hands folded in her lap. Dezila (34) had cataracts in both eyes and was...
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Dezila dares to dream again!
In the waiting room of the hospital here in Zambia, a young woman sat with her head hanging down and her hands folded in her lap. Dezila (34) had cataracts in both eyes and was...
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Bhakta was perfectly healthy, but he was blind
If you could only have seen Bhakta (55) when he had to walk somewhere. Inching along, step by careful step while hanging on to his wife`s arm; unsure, dependent and isolated. Bhakta was perfectly healthy,...