December 23, 2015
Sokhorn received vision-restoring cataract surgery.
After a brief, 40-minute procedure, Sokhorn can see clearly again. In order to ensure that Sokhorn’s successful cataract removal creates long term improvements, “she has been instructed to apply three different ointments and eye drops daily to protect her eye from infection,” our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre, shares.
Sokhorn tells us that her vision is much clearer, and she experiences less pain after the procedure. Along with visiting the pagoda, Sokhorn says looks forward to “cooking food for the monks and easily walking anywhere by myself.”
Sokhorn’s husband adds: “I feel very happy that my wife can see everything clearly again and I am so thankful to the doctors and staff at CSC that helped her receive surgery for her eye.”
After a brief, 40-minute procedure, Sokhorn can see clearly again. In order to ensure that Sokhorn's successful cataract removal creates lon...
November 16, 2015
Sokhorn is a 58-year-old woman living in Cambodia with her husband, three sons, one daughter, and eight grandchildren. She is a nun at the pagoda, and she “spends her time meditating, cleaning around the pagoda, and reading the Bible,” says our medical partner, Children’s Surgical Centre (CSC).
Sokhorn has cataracts in her left eye, which causes blurred vision, tearing and irritation. Sokhorn is fearful of the sunshine and says “It is hard to see everything clearly so I can not read or go walking anywhere very well.” CSC shares that Sokhorn traveled seven hours with her husband to reach their services.
For $225, Sokhorn’s cataract can be surgically corrected. Cataract surgery is an outpatient surgery and takes about one hour in total. Cataract surgery has high impact for improving visual acuity and improving quality of life.
“I hope my eye can see everything clearer,” Sokhorn says, “so I can help the monks cook food, and I can read letters more clearly.”
Sokhorn is a 58-year-old woman living in Cambodia with her husband, three sons, one daughter, and eight grandchildren. She is a nun at the p...
