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Negotiations were made with Riverside
Medical Center, the best private hospital in Negros, whereby indigent
patients could have their cataract surgeries at an affordable cost.
The surgical supplies and hospital bills were funded by the
Foundation.
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Then
something great happened.
“Old men dream dreams
and
young men see visions”. |
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The number of referrals and surgeries increased dramatically that in
the first two years almost a thousand cataract surgeries for poor
patients were done per year. Health professionals, community workers
of NGOs and village health workers were trained to identify cataract
and motivate patients to submit for surgery. Initially, the lone
surgeon was Dr. Fortunato Eusebio (at this time 2 of his children, Jay
and Cristina are in the team).
It was most rewarding to see vision being restored to so many poor
people. By working together, ordinary people (like non-medical staff,
field workers and patients who had successful surgery and their
families) were responsible for the high referrals.
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