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Ompati, 74, sees clearly again.
A widow living with her farmer son, she had lost the sight in her right eye to a cataract. The laser surgery recommended elsewhere was beyond the family. At Arpana the cataract was removed without it.
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- Heal · Arpana Hospital
- Place
- Arpana Hospital
- Source
- Arpana Hospital Annual Report 2025-26
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Ompati is 74, a widow, and lives with her son, a farmer. The sight in her right eye had gone to a cataract, and the laser procedure she was recommended elsewhere cost more than the household could raise.
At Arpana Hospital, surgeons removed the cataract without it. Her sight was restored. Hers is one of 318 free cataract and eye surgeries performed this year.
- 318
- free cataract and eye surgeries this year
- 120
- eye camps, reaching 11,680 people
