Success! Keang from Cambodia raised $398 to fund cataract surgery.

Keang
$398
raised
$0
to go
Fully funded
Keang's treatment was fully funded on February 5, 2019.
  • Keang's story
  • Keang's update
January 3, 2019

Photo of Keang post-operation

January 9, 2019

Keang underwent cataract surgery.

Keang has returned home after a successful operation. As per her doctor's instructions, she had one eye done, and will need to return in a f...

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Keang's Timeline

  • January 3, 2019
    PROFILE SUBMITTED

    Keang was submitted by Lindsay Bownik, Stakeholder Relations Officer at Children's Surgical Centre.

  • January 4, 2019
    TREATMENT OCCURRED

    Keang received treatment at Kien Khleang National Rehabilitation Centre in Cambodia. Medical partners often provide care to patients accepted by Watsi before those patients are fully funded, operating under the guarantee that the cost of care will be paid for by donors.

  • January 4, 2019
    PROFILE PUBLISHED

    Keang's profile was published to start raising funds.

  • January 9, 2019
    TREATMENT UPDATE

    Keang's treatment was successful. Read the update.

  • February 5, 2019
    FULLY FUNDED

    Keang's treatment was fully funded.

Funded by 11 donors

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Samnang is a 31-year-old farmer from Cambodia. Residing in rural Kampong Speu province with his elderly parents and older brother, Samnang and his brother are subsistence rice farmers. What they do not eat, they sell at the local market in exchange for vegetables and other items. Before his injury, he enjoyed football matches with neighbors as part of everyday life. In September 2023, Samnang had a motorbike collision with a car, falling hard on his right shoulder on the pavement. This caused head trauma and paralysis of his right shoulder and arm. He was taken to a local hospital, where it was confirmed that he ruptured his brachial plexus, causing certain muscles to be unusable. The brachial plexus is a nerve network that transmits signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. Injuries to this nerve network can result in loss of function and sensation. However, he was unable to afford the care that is required to help and has not been able to use his arm or work for the past four months. He has pain over his shoulder and no sensation in his forearm. Samnang traveled to Kien Khleang National Rehabilitation Centre to receive treatment. This is the only center in the whole country where this treatment is available. On January 30th, he will undergo a brachial plexus repair surgery. After recovery, he hopes to have some function of his right arm restored. Our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre, is requesting $709 to fund this procedure. Samnang said: "I hope I can use my hand again so I can work and my brother will not have to take care of me."

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