August 9, 2016
Ly is a 76-year-old married man from Cambodia who has one son, three daughters, and eight grandchildren. He enjoys visiting the pagoda to listen to the monks pray. Ly traveled three hours with his wife to reach Children’s Surgical Centre for treatment of cataracts.
A cataract occurs when there is a buildup of proteins in the lens of the eye. This causes the lens to become cloudy, disrupting the passage of light through the lens and impairing vision. Most cataracts are due to age-related changes in the eye, and they are the most common cause of blindness in Cambodia. Formation typically occurs in both eyes.
Ly developed a cataract in each eye 10 years ago. As a result, he experiences burning and blurred vision. He cannot see anything clearly, do work well, or go anywhere outside on his own.
For $292, Ly will undergo extracapsular cataract extraction surgery to remove the cloudy lenses from his eyes and replace them with intraocular lens implants. Funding for his treatment also includes two days of hospital care, eye drops and ointments, medicine to reduce pain and prevent infection, and one post-operative consultation. After surgery on each eye, Ly will be able to see clearly again.
Ly is a 76-year-old married man from Cambodia who has one son, three daughters, and eight grandchildren. He enjoys visiting the pagoda to li...
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October 31, 2016
Ly successfully recevied surgery to restore his vision.
Ly’s eye cataract was successfully removed from his right eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, Ly was given eye drops to reduce inflammation and fight infection. He 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, he may have had trouble finding a day to come back. Also, because he left with clear vision in one eye, his 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 Ly returns.
“I feel very happy that I can see everything clearly again,” says Ly, “so that I can do any work at home like clean and look after my grandchildren.”
Ly's eye cataract was successfully removed from his right eye and clear vision has been restored. Following the operation, Ly was given eye ...
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