“Fifty-nine-year-old Cheng is married with two sons, four daughters, and 12 grandchildren,” our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC) tells us. “She works as a rice and crop farmer. In her free time, she enjoys caring for the yard around her home and doing house work.”
Three months ago, Cheng developed a cataract in each eye and a pterygium, a growth on the clear tissue of the eye. CSC explains, “This causes her blurred vision, tearing, irritation, burning, and she is afraid of the sunshine. It is hard for her to see clearly, do work, or go anywhere outside on her own.”
Cheng and her husband traveled three hours for treatment at CSC. Cataract treatment for both of Cheng’s eyes costs $225. With the addition of artificial implants and the removal of pterygium, “she will be able to see everything clearly again and her pain and irritation will go away,” says CSC.