4th Annual Eye Surgical Outreach May 17-25 2009
Puerto Plata General Hospital, Dominican Republic
Hutcheson, Sherry Jorgensen, Jim Greenless, Leila Reduque,
Heidi Clarke, (second row) Jennifer Greebel, Theresa
Fitzpatrick, Rosemary Eyre-Brook, Ashima Kumar, Meg
Numata , Daisy Godts (with SEE International, came all the
way from Belgium), and Francis Taylor.    Top row, Dr. Jon
Taylormoore, Dr. Marlet Bazemoore,  Ed Hutcheson, Adam
Kovac, Dr. John Mitchell, Gino Marchand, and Kevin Clarke.   
Not in the picture, Patti Carroll and Peresh Gupta.
Hundreds of people with eye ailments
came from miles around in response to
Dr. Kelly and Adam Kovac screen potential patients for
surgery and eye exams in the hospital lobby.
Mission Accomplished:
The Results of Months of Planning and Preparation.  
60 surgeries,  400 patients given eye exams, reading/prescription
glasses.
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LEFT EYE 20
YEARS
CATARACT REMOVED NOW
SEEING AGAIN!
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This man had a ptyerigium, or a
growth of tissue growing over the
eye that leads to blindness. The
surgeons removed the growth.
  
From the look on her face, this
woman was very happy to
receive a pair of glasses;
something of a luxury in
countries like the Dominican
Republic.   
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