SLT WORKSHOP
Yesterday was a success. SLT is the new game changer.
By RTSH
Right to Sight and Health was one of the sponsors of a one week long cataract surgery mission in Belize Lead by Dr John Ghobrial, ophthalmologist. The mission took place from, 30th May to 3rd June 2022. 20 phacoemulsification cataract surgeries were performed. [ubergrid id=4199]
By RTSH
11 month old baby Ibrahim had very droopy eyelids ( called Ptosis )since birth and because of this he developed lazy eyes with poor vision in both eyes. He also had to lift chin constantly to be able to see. He underwent a successful Ptosis surgery and now his
By RTSH
15 February 2017. We just had 8 children come from the blind school for follow-up, so we paid for their trip and food. We operated on them 2 years ago (for congenital cataract) and 2 already left the blind-school! One more could also leave, and all of them improved
By RTSH
March 27-29 2015 Three weeks after the last 3 children were operated on, we decided to go to Wa to see them. I took my engineer friend, Mashood, who is from a village close to Wa. He could help with the exams and also with translation, as he speaks
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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
By RTSH
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.
By RTSH