Showing posts with label cataract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cataract. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2009

The Price of Sight in Rwanda only 30 Euro

View this TV3 video . In it journalist Sinead recaps the moving story of one man getting his sight back with a simple operation in Rwanda in March 2008.
A cataract operation in Rwanda costs just 30 Euro. This is sufficient to restore sight. The video tells the story of Fidel a 90 year old who is living in a mountainous area and has been blind for 20 years. The cataract operation took just 20 minutes and was successful. This has helped to economically empower the family.