By Sudheer Chemudugunta | Focus-AP Coordinator
Let us help more children like Sukanya Our "Nanna Kannu" program at the Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangalore helped her.
Sukanya is a normal 7 year old girl attending a local government school. However she has 1/5 of the vision that her classmates have since she has been suffering with bilateral cataracts since birth. Her parents did not even know of her condition until she was in 1st grade and her teachers kept scolding her for her lack of attention and poor grades. Her parents took her to a local doctor and heard that the cost of her surgery would be more than they could afford. Then Nanna Kannu came to her school in August 2009. She was identified and referred to the base hospital for an evaluation. Within a week of her reporting Sukanya had her right eye operated on. She admits being very scared but is anxious to have her left eye “fixed” as well. When asked what she thought of having surgery, Sukanya gave us a “thumbs up”.
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