The Sai Maa Eye Cataract Surgery Program is continuing. The site of this weekend's eye camp and surgeries is the Vivekanand Mission Hospital in the city of Bhadohi, just outside Varanasi. On Saturday, February 1st, there is the usual canvassing of the local villages. The hospital ambulance is wrapped in Sai Maa Vishnu Shakti Trust banners and equipped with loud speakers that blare a revolving message explaining the eye camp parameters. It tells the villagers where to go for testing for the free cataract surgeries. All in all, the ambulance covers more than 100 kilometers delivering this community service announcement.
On Sunday, February 2, the camp runs during the morning and early afternoon. More than 23 patients are selected as suitable, however poor vital statistics such as blood pressure, mean only 16 are able to have the surgeries today. The remaining 7 will have to come to a program later in the winter. There are 64 family members in attendance with the 16 patients that are having the surgeries, so the hospital is bustling with activity.
On Sunday, February 2, the camp runs during the morning and early afternoon. More than 23 patients are selected as suitable, however poor vital statistics such as blood pressure, mean only 16 are able to have the surgeries today. The remaining 7 will have to come to a program later in the winter. There are 64 family members in attendance with the 16 patients that are having the surgeries, so the hospital is bustling with activity.
As usual it is a very long day for the ophthalmologists. The doctors are there on-site at the hospital early in the morning to attend to the eye camp. The surgeries are performed in the late afternoon and evening and the doctors are in attendance throughout. It is 10 pm before the docotrs finish the last surgery. We feed them and then drive them home.
On Monday, February 3, the Sai Maa Vishnu Shakti Trust and Vivekanand Mission have a follow up camp at this same hospital. These camps are the main component of the 5 week out-patient care program that monitors the eye surgery patients after the surgery. The entire program is a six week journey to new sight. It is such a blessing to make an impact on the lives of these families.
On Monday, February 3, the Sai Maa Vishnu Shakti Trust and Vivekanand Mission have a follow up camp at this same hospital. These camps are the main component of the 5 week out-patient care program that monitors the eye surgery patients after the surgery. The entire program is a six week journey to new sight. It is such a blessing to make an impact on the lives of these families.
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