Successful Cataract Outreach in Ghana

<p>HCP partner Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), in collaboration with Kwahu Government Hospital, organized a five day cataract surgical outreach campaign in Atibie, Ghana where 212 cataract surgeries were performed.</p><p>Below are photos of several patients who received sight restoring cataract surgery during this September 18 - 22 outreach along with their personal stories.</p><p>This teacher, who had difficulty teaching due to a cataract in her right eye, was filled with joy after her surgery to be able to see and go back to teach her students.</p><p><br /><img src="https://d3c4xa94vmylbm.cloudfront.net/images/ee/happy_teacher_happy_that_the_cataract_has_been_removed_from_her_right_eye_which_hindered_her_teaching_students_480x720_72_RGB.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This bilaterally blind patient had become depressed due to her blindness. She has now been given a new lease on life.</p><p><br /><img src="https://d3c4xa94vmylbm.cloudfront.net/images/ee/patient_2_resorted_to_alcohol_due_to_depression_of_having_both_eyes_gone_to_cataract_463x720_72_RGB.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This patient, unable to walk without assistance before she had cataracts removed from both her eyes, now walks without help.</p><p><img src="https://d3c4xa94vmylbm.cloudfront.net/images/ee/patient_2_walking_by_herself_without_assistance_after_surgery_454x720_72_RGB.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This mother was filled with happiness to witness the results of her son’s sight restoring surgery, which restored sight to his right eye.</p><p><img src="https://d3c4xa94vmylbm.cloudfront.net/images/ee/mother_so_happy_to_see_her_son_can_see_again_in_his_other_eye_480x720_72_RGB.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>Here is one of our Ophthalmic Nurses, Abigail, as she sits with a happy patient after her surgery.</p><p><img src="https://d3c4xa94vmylbm.cloudfront.net/images/ee/ophthamic_nurse_Abigail_with_a_happy_patient_720x480_72_RGB.jpg" alt="" /></p><p>This woman was so happy she could see again that she could not stop smiling and thanked the surgeons.</p><p><br /><img src="https://d3c4xa94vmylbm.cloudfront.net/images/ee/patient_2_smiling_and_thanking_surgeons_after_seeing_for_the_first_time_in_months_477x720_72_RGB.jpg" alt="" /></p>