By Sudheer Chemudugunta | Capital Projects Coordinator
Selvamani was as carefree as 10 year olds come.
The sceneries that populated the child’s landscape were his school, the playground and his home. It was a colourful and an enriching landscape where Selvamani and his friends often found themselves exploring the wonders of the magical childhood they were experiencing. After school activities usually included games and explorations till it was time to head back home.
On one such day when the kids of the locality were engaged in an intense match of cricket, things got a heated quickly gave way to a full-fledged fight. Selvamani’s head was at the receiving end of another child’s bat. The impact of the blow to the head was severe and was the beginning of Selvamani’s vision problems.
Initially the child only complained of blurred vision. His father took him to a local ophthalmologist for treatment. The local ophthalmologist gave primary treatment to the child. Over time his condition worsened.
His parents were at a loss of what to do. They attended one of the camps conducted by Sankara where they were informed that the child had suffered trauma which resulted in cataract. After all the preliminary tests and investigations were conducted, our doctors performed the surgery at Sankara Eye Hospital.
Selvamani is now raring to go back to the playground that he has missed so much, hopefully this time understanding the importance of protective head gear.
Over 4.5 million children in India benifited through Sankara Eye Foundation's Comprehensive Eye Care Programme
since inception.
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