The song and dance of two people of the same age captivated the hearts of everyone present in the hospital premises. The organizers were also happy, along with the doctors who were removing the bandages of the patients who underwent surgery before the eye camp concluded at Panchthar Hospital.
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After the doctor removed the bandages applied after the surgery, 78-year-old Shreemaya Tamli from Aathrai Rural Municipality in Tehrathum started singing and dancing.
Her vision in both eyes had been deteriorating for four years. She said that she had been unable to see anyone's face for two years. 'I couldn't see anyone's face when my eyes were closed. I had to crawl inside and outside the house. I could see clearly. I thank the camp organizers from the bottom of my heart. They did their duty,' said Shrimaya. When Shrimaya started singing and dancing, Indramaya Tamang, who was sitting next to her, couldn't hold back.
She also started singing along with Shrimaya. The song and dance of the two people of the same age captivated everyone in the hospital premises. Their happiness made the organizers and doctors who were working to remove the bandages of the patients who had undergone surgery and apply ointment to the eyes before the eye camp concluded at Panchthar Hospital in Phidim, the district headquarters, happy on Friday.
In the camp organized by Phidim Municipality from Magh 26 to 29, 109 people, including Shreemaya and Indramaya, had cataracts and flesh growing inside their eyes removed after surgery.
In the camp, which was conducted for three days in collaboration with Mechi Eye Hospital, 1,898 people had their eyes examined and 650 were given free medicines and glasses, said the organizer, Phidim Municipality Mayor Mitra Prasad Kafle.
The camp, which began on Magh 26, was conducted until Magh 28. The patients who underwent surgery on Magh 28 were released on Magh 29 after receiving the eye patches and distributing medicines and glasses.
Health workers including Dr. Sona Sharma, an ophthalmologist from Mechi Eye Hospital, were engaged in treatment and surgery at the camp. According to Kafle, this municipality has been organizing health camps every year based on the needs of the citizens of rural areas.
Kafle said that more than 700 surgeries have been performed in the camps organized over a period of four years and their vision has been restored. Like the eye, this municipality has been organizing camps including bone and joint, cervical cancer screening and testing. The municipality has a policy of providing services based on their needs to the general public who do not have access to health institutions due to poverty.
