After a 7 month stoppage because of COVID 19, will have been invited to the Living in Faith Clinic in Haiti. They have a backlog of over 200 blind Haitians due to advanced cataracts. This will be our 3rd trip to Haiti and it is always a pleasure to help our brother and sisters in Haiti. The Haitian Eye Clinic is due to the work and dedication of Reverend Russ Montgomery.
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❤️❤️❤️❤️ Sight.org is partnering with Peace Corps in Togo, Africa. They are looking for children with severe eye diseases needing ophthalmic surgeries.
Dr. Kondrot will be in Togo in May 2020 for adult and pediatric eye surgeries.
All surgeries are free of charge. If you know of any children in need of eye surgery and can’t afford the cost of surgery please contact sight.org at [email protected]
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The patients’ waiting hall each morning in front of the Operating Room. The patients are waiting to be checked before surgery begins.
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The clinic is full of patients this morning.
Dr. Kondrot checks on the patients he examined yesterday, including the young fifteen years old boy. He is doing great!
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Our surgical day is finished. We feel very good. It is a productive day, and we feel more energized than ever. We did a lot of good for a lot of people today.
Our chief cook Elsa again wows us with a delicious lunch.
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The day continues with many cases of one eye patients, those who have lost one eye due to one reason or another: trauma, cornea problem, etc, and now the only one eye left is going blind due to a cataract.
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The day’s surgery is coming along well. We are able to help so many people, and we are very happy about that. The last case is an emergency case. The young woman has lost her eye, and her lids are closing shut. Dr. Kondrot has to make a tunnel so that she can have a prosthesis eye inserted. Continue reading “Honduras Mission Trip- September 2018- End Of Day One”
We have many interesting cases to work on in the afternoon, including a few one eye cases (where the patients have lost an eye due to trauma or other problem) and the only eye left is now losing vision due to cataract or other issues that need to be addressed.
We also have a special case request from a young woman who has lost an eye previously due to trauma, and Dr. Kondrot needs to create a tunnel so she can have a prosthesis eye inserted
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The day starts out with prayers for the patients. There is a priest in the hallway that prays for and with the patients.
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Our supplies for Honduras arrive just in time, one day before departure date for San Pedro Sula. We pack them quickly and neatly into four large suitcases. We are carrying enough supplies for 75 cases.
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