Gangaraju is all smiles

Cataract blindness is very common among poor people living in rural
areas. There are no ophthalmologists in the rural areas and because of
this reason coupled with poverty several thousands of poor people are
remaining blind because of un operated cataracts. To help such people
to become active people in the society we have designed community
outreach program where we take the eye care to the door steps of the
needy and poor in rural and remote areas.

Under this program our medical team visits a place and conducts free
eye examinations to all the people attend those screening camps. All
minor ailments are provided with treatment there at the camp site. If
anyone requires cataract surgery we advise them and if they are
willing we perform all the preoperative testing to verify their
suitability for cataract surgery. If they are suitable we advise them
to opt for cataract surgery and if the patient is willing we provide
the transportation to them the same day to come to base hospital for
surgery. At the base hospital we provide all the preoperative testing,
food, accommodation, medicines during surgery, Intraocular lens, post
operative medications and transportation back to their village free of
cost to the patient. In addition, we also provide transportation to
the two postoperative visits to all the patients.

Ravi Gangaraju, 70 years, a poor farm laborer living in a village
Prathipadu. He have two sons who are married and living with their
families. Gangaraju earns about $ 30 per month. He is suffering with
defective vision in right eye since 1 year. When he attended our free
eye screening camp in Kondayyapalem we have identified and brought
him to our hospital for right eye Cataract surgery. As he is a poor
man and cannot afford to pay we have performed free Cataract surgery
for him in right eye because of your donation.

Thank you for helping Gangaraju to see better and also make a living
so that he can support his wife.