Tag Archives: eye trauma
Back to basics
In Nkhoma, I am planning carefully for the next two months as we run up to the end of the year. We will stop working for Christmas, but will be aiming to help as many people as we can for the next two months, and hope to work flat out.
I had a busy day on [...]
Posted in Cataract, MACOHA, screening Also tagged accident, Cataract, CBM Canada, Christmas, goat, Lilongwe, MACOHA, Malawi Council for the Handicapped, Mr Kambewa, Nkhata Bay, Outreach, planning, power cut, screening, xmas Leave a comment
Screening at the lakeshore
And so we start the year..
We have done our first few cataract operations. I also saw a 12 year old boy who had a penetrating pen injury to his eye. Managed to sort it out in theatre.
Steve and Kambewa are driving 200 miles to Mangotchi and Machinga, near the lakeshore, tomorrow to meet the district [...]
Posted in Adult, Blindness, Cataract, Malawi, Nick Metcalfe, Outreach, Surgery, Vision 2020 Also tagged accident, death, Jubele Efuloni, Kambewa, lakeshore, Machinga, MACOHA, Malu, Mangotchi, Salima, Steve Leave a comment
The youth of today