August 10, 2016
“Sreang is a 68-year-old farmer married with seven daughters and 10 grandchildren,” our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC), tells us. “She enjoys listening to the monks praying and listening to news on the radio.”
“Sreang developed a cataract in each eye four years ago. This causes her blurred vision, photophobia, and pain. She can’t see anything clearly, do work well, or get around easily on her own,” CSC reports.
Cataracts are a common cause of preventable blindness in Cambodia and often go untreated. People in rural areas are especially likely to go without care.
Hoping to treat her cataracts and prevent blindness, Sreang traveled five hours with her brother to reach CSC’s treatment center.
For $292, she’ll receive cataract surgery in both eyes. Surgeons will remove the old, cloudy lenses in her eyes and replace them with implants, allowing her to see clearly once again.
"Sreang is a 68-year-old farmer married with seven daughters and 10 grandchildren," our medical partner, Children's Surgical Centre (CSC), t...
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October 31, 2016
Sreang successfully received vision-restoring cataract surgery.
Sreang’s eye cataract was successfully removed from her left eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, she was given eye drops to reduce inflammation and fight infection. Sreang went home after the first surgery and has yet to return to have the same operation completed in the other eye. Because returning to the clinic requires taking a day off from work and usually a family escort, she may have had trouble finding a day to come back. Also, because she left with clear vision in one eye, her problems with blurred vision are less of a burden making the second surgery a less immediate priority than the first. The second surgery will be free whenever Sreang returns.
“I feel very happy that I can see everything clearly,” Sreang says, “so that I can easily work on the farm and I can go anywhere on my own.”
Sreang's eye cataract was successfully removed from her left eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, she was given ...
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