"16 Cataract Surgeries in a Days”

The candidates have been standing in line from 6 a.m. By the time the camp starts, 500 from all over Pratapgarh district and surrounding districts have arrived. A total of 275 candidates will be examined by the D.B.C.S. doctors team. Patients who do not have mature cataracts or have other eye ailments are given appropriate medicines and sent home. The rest of them are sent for blood pressure check-ups and urine tests. By evening, a total of 16 patients have been short listed for surgery. They are admitted to the District hospital Pratapgarh. They are given free tonics and medicines before the operation.

The surgeons will operate a couple of hours ago, C.M.O. Pratapgarh is to inaugurate the eye camp. Dr. S.K.Tiwari for her tireless efforts in making every camp a success. Sri S.K. Rai, Sri Devi Prasaad, Sri Suredra Kapoor critical members of this surgical team. Today, Dr. S.K.Tiwari perform surgery. she put a lens in the patient’s eye and cleaned up the eye. Then she started on another patient. First she created a tiny incision above the black part of the eye. Then she made a round cut around the cataract and through the incision, she extracted it. It was yellowish in color. Before she could fit the new lens into the patient’s eye, I fainted.

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I.O.L. Eye Camp, 16 December 2008

Number of Patients Examined: 275

Number of Patients Selected:25

Number of Surgeries(Dec 16 2008):

Dr. S.K. Tiwari: 16

Total Number of Patients Operated: 16

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Cost for One Cataract Operation (I Care, doctors & volunteers donated their services): Rs. 1000 ($25)

Cost of hosting the camp (diesel, food, electricity, transportation, awareness campaign, follow-up, and pre-qualification):Rs. 600 per patient ($15)

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