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Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
> 
> Indian doctors introduce eye surgery in Uganda
> 
> The Indian Express
> Sunday, September 6, 1998
> 
> Chandigarh - A team of three Indian opthalmogists have introduced
> eye surgery in Uganda under the intercontinental medicare project
> of the Rotary International. A total of 350 eye surgeries, including
> 278 Intra-Ocular Lens (IOL) implants, were done by the eye specialists
> S.P.S. Grewal from Chandigarh, Uma Pradhan from Sholapur and Shreerang
> Deshpande from Aurangabad during their nine-day Uganda tour from
> August 9, reports PTI.
> 
> It took a lot of persuasion to convince the people particularly tribals
> there about the restoration of eye sight, Grewal said here. "It was for
> the first time that IOL transplants were done in Uganda," he said adding
> that the surgery conditions were quiet primitive. It was really touching
> to see the reaction of patients, including women, when they could see the
> next day," Grewal said. More teams are planned to be sent as a large
> number of people in tribal areas of Uganda are deprived of medical
> treatment due to poverty and limited medical facilities, he said.
> 

Must feel good to do good.