March 5 2015 On Wednesday, the three children operated on last week returned for follow-up from Wa. All three claimed to see better, be “very happy” and also function better according to the teachers. One has to be careful though with what patients and family members say about improvement:
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February 26 2015 On Wednesday, the 3 teenagers operated on last week returned for follow-up from Wa. All 3 claimed to see better. Mohammed, age 17, who had vision of light perception, improved to count fingers 2 meters, but he has an extremely small eye (called microphthalmos) so we
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19 February 2015 Yesterday 3 blind children came with one of their teachers, Abdul-Salaam from the Wa Blind School for surgery to our hospital. They took public transportation: tro-tro and shared taxi, as there is no money for them to take their own car. They arrived around 5pm, a
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30 January 2015 Today 16 children with 4 teachers came from the Blind School in Wa for exam to our hospital. I raised some funds for their transportation so they took their own bus. They arrived around 1pm. We started the exam right away while a teacher got their
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October 2014A few months ago I heard from a colleague that upon visiting the blind school in South Ghana he noticed that quite a few children could be helped by simple cataract surgery. There are only two blind schools in Ghana, one of them in Wa, “close” to Tamale.
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How your donations were used : The following items were donated to the Eye Clinic of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in 2014 and 2015: Ophthalmic supplies: Surgical instruments Glaucoma drainage devices YAG laser ICare tonometer Perkins tonometer Intraocular lenses Miochol Vision blue Needles Surgical tape Surgical gloves Diagnostic lens Cauteries
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