A couple of weeks ago, we introduced you to the non-profit organisation Flying for Life, who we’ll be partnering with in the near future to fundraise for ophthalmologists (and their assistants) to fly to the remote Vhembe district in Limpopo, to perform life-changing cataract surgeries.
These are a few stories, by Thendo Dama, of some of the people that Flying for Life has already helped:
“On Saturday 16 August the team of three ophthalmologists and two nurses, flew from Lanseria Airport to Donald Fraser Hospital (DFH) in the Vhembe District of Limpopo. The mission was to complete cataract surgery on 12 patients as well as completing two more complicated eye surgeries.”
Sarah Mudalahothe
A 59 year old woman from the nearby Tshitereke Village came in for surgery on Saturday. She works as a cleaner inside Donald Fraser, and was going blind, she was seeing smoke instead of clear images. She said that she is so grateful for the access to the eye clinic and that she received eye surgery. She was especially happy about the good treatment from the doctors and nurses – and that she can see again.
The read more stories like these, click here.
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