Olvasom az Interneten, hogy valahol több mint 600.000 4G-s Apple telefont rendeltek egy nap alatt, ezért az első rendelési napra be is fagyasztották a további fogadást… Én eközben, egy nap alatt kb 15 totális bilaterális cataractát operáltam Mbuji Mayi-ban. Ezen esetek közül csak két példát emelnék ki.
Az első, egy idős nénié. Szeme világa lassan-lassan gyengült meg. Miután évekig nem látott semmit, végre, elhozták a COR szemészeti centrumba. Bal szemét június elején operáltuk, a jobbat egy héttel később. Ime a képek, hogy követhessük a nénit.
Műtét előtti kép, a bal szemet fogjuk operálni. A műtét után ...
2010. márciusi misszióm alkalmával csak gyerekeket műtöttem. Itt egy mindkét szemére vak 8 hónapos gyereket műtök.
Műtét után.
The story of Paul Kawumbu.
Paul Kawumbu is 62. He lives in the town of Kongolo, in the northern part of KATANGA province. He has lost his sight three years ago. First his left eye became weaker, and eventually his vision became more and more blurred. An opaque white spot appeared on his pupils, and one morning he awoke, realizing he couldn't see anything except for some light.
„Grandpa, why don't you come out into the yard?”, asked his young grandchild.
„Because I can't see anything!”, Paul replied.
Complying with the invitation of the Agnus Dei Community, I went on a two-week ophthalmic mission to the Pygmies with the male nurse, Simon Pierre Kasongo on October 20, 2008.
We named the mission after St. Elizabeth of Hungary.
The area in question is Lokoko, a small Pygmy settlement in Lomela county, some 150 km from the town of Kole. Lokoko is situated in the heart of the equatorial forest. The closest ophthalmic centre is in the town of Lodja at a distance of 200 km as the crow flies. In spite of being 400 km away, this region is administered from Mbuji Mayi.
At last we managed to get to Lusambo. For years we have had telephone calls from patients and other, unfamiliar, persons telling us: "Doctor, there are countless sick people around here; when are you coming at last? There has been no ophthalmologist here in Sankuru Province since the war!" The majority of calls came from a gentleman called Jules, he rang practically every week, always saying the same thing: "Doctor, when are you coming at last, there are very many people here with eye problems, and they are awaiting you impatiently!" Eventually I promised to go as soon as feasible, partly to keep him off my back… (Luke 11/8!) It is not that simple to organize an ophthalmologic mission, that is why I had been procrastinating so far. I coordinated the timing with the road conditions to start out in June, in the middle of the dry season. Just as every other mission, I began to organize this one months ahead, but even so a large amount of medications I had ordered arrived too late. No matter, the COR ophthalmology centre advanced all the missing supplies. Travelling caused the biggest problem. We do not have a car, consequently the organization of each mission is an added problem. We succeeded in making the first part of the trip in the car of the Kabinda BDOM (Bureau des Œuvres Medicales du Diocese de Kabinda).
The trip to Lusambo was not too bad, the car was in good condition, and the chauffeur was excellent.