Thursday, November 8, 2012

Story of Mr. Darshan Singh from Sankara Eye Hospital, Ludhiana which was inaugurated on April 2nd this year with your support.    Darshan Singh aged 55 years, resident of Narangwal Village, Ludhiana district, attended our camp with a complaint of diminished vision. He had been suffering with blurred vision in his left eye since 10 months. He is an illiterate person and labourer by occupation. For the past 12 years he was unable to see from his right eye. The reason behind this was, one day when he was working in the farm, suddenly he saw a cow eating the seeds in the farm, when he tried to stop the cow, the tail of the cow hit his right eye and after that he was unable to see properly.     As he was labour by occupation and his monthly earning was only Rs. 4000/- , he was not even able to fulfill the basic needs of his family. He went to other camps organized by other Hospitals but from there also he came back bare handed. After losing vision from his right eye Darshan Singh was depressed but he did not give up. It was not the end to his problems. After 3 years of losing vision of his right eye, one day after having his dinner he went to bed, suddenly he found a pain in his chest and he vomited. He found himself shivering in the summer. He asked his son to take him to Doctor. When he went to Doctor he came to know that his food pipe got damaged and immediately he has to get it operated. But unfortunately he did not have the money to get it done. His son said because of financial problem only, his father lost his one eye but now I cannot afford to lose him. With the help and support of his family members and friends, he could manage finance to operate his father.     But again Darshan Singh said this was not the end of his problems. For the past 10 Months he observed that he was unable to see from his Left eye also and he said he was little afraid while telling this to his family members. But somehow he informed his wife. His wife took him to the nearby Govt. Dispensary and from them they came to know that he has Cataract in his left eye. The day Darshan Singh came to know about his Cataract, he lost his will power because he cannot get it treated due to his financial problem.   After few months he came to know that an eye checkup camp has been organized in his village by Sankara Eye Hospital and there he will be operated free of cost for Cataract. After knowing this he thought himself lucky and he went to the camp. After getting diagnosed by Doctor, he was brought to the Hospital and his surgery was performed. But before surgery he was quite worried, as already he was unable to see from his right eye. But he said he was wrong, after getting operated in Sankara Eye Hospital he was able to see clearly from his Left Eye. He thanked almighty and all other staff of Sankara Eye Hospital for giving his sight back to him.

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