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Afia receives her sight as her Christmas Gift

Afia receives her sight as her Christmas Gift

Afia, is a 45-year-old single mother of 3 from a remote village near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.She works as an itinerant tailor, which means because of the loss of sight, she has no income, because she needs her sight to sew and also to move from village to village.

According to the big sister who brought her, Afia has been blind and could not see at all for the past 18 months. They tried all kinds of local remedies but it never worked.  Then they heard of the outreach going to happen at the Government Hospital in Obuasi, Ghana. Because of the distance, they arrived at the hospital after 5 pm when the outreach doctors had already packed their stuff, ready to close for the day and year.  However, when she was examined and the doctors saw the hyper mature cataracts, the doctors unpacked and set up for her.

She was operated in both eyes using CATKIT® (Cataract Consumables Kit containing all consumables for Cataract surgery) manufactured by DEEPAK Care Ltd., India and DELENS® IOL were implanted –everything included at a very affordable cost of US$ 9 per surgery

The following morning, at the post op review, there was all joy, both from the big sister because she is free to concentrate on her own affairs and also Afia who felt liberated since now she can be independent. Afia has found a new life, where she can earn food for herself and her children, with respect and dignity. Afia says a heartfelt thank you to all those who played a part in restoring her sight- her Christmas Gift of Sight.

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