Background
Mr. Alekha Bishi, aged 58 years is a resident of Village Banjipadar of Banjipadar G.P. of Titilagarh Block of Bolangir District. He nurtures his family by Rickshaw pulling at Titilagarh and his wife doing daily wage at his village and nearby villages. Before 2 years back his left eye developed cataract .Due to lack of knowledge, fear & economical condition he did not share the problem to anybody, gradually the right eye became affected by cataract .He was very much dependent to his wife and others for his daily chores and it affects the economy of his family.
Intervention by S.C.D
On 06.11.2018 Alekha Bishi came to the base hospital with his wife, his pre-operative vision in right eye was: (PL+PR) and left eye (PL+PR) respectively. He got operated upon his right eye on 07.11.2018 and on the next day of surgery his post-operative vision in his left eye was 6/18. After seven days in the first follow up his vision was improved to 6/12.
Life after Intervention by SCD
Alekha was very much happy when his vision restored. Now he is doing independently his day to day activities such as helping his family in income generation activities and participated in social and cultural activities etc. in the community. He gave thanks to our hospital staff.
Lesson Learned
People are unable to access the base hospital i.e. Govt or Private for many reasons such as poor transport facilities, poor financial condition, lack of knowledge and poor mobility of their own etc. Therefore, there is a need of outreach camp where we can reach to the unreached people and provide services to the needy people at their doorstep.
