Eric Boateng of Ghana, Africa, is
a happy man today thanks to his eye surgeries by Dr Padmaja Kumari Rani in July
this year. He had not been able to see anything for 2 years, when a Good
Samaritan suggested that they go to India. Eric was escorted to LVPEI Hyderabad
by his brother Ayyekum Samuel where Dr Padmaja Kumari Rani identified the
problem to be retinal detachment in both the eyes caused by a rare blood
disorder known as sickle cell disease.
Samuel recalls the doctor coming
out of the operating room to announce that his brother's surgery was
successfully done. Both the brothers rejoiced as they felt it was so marvelous.
When the lights went out one night, Samuel made it a point to gently enquire if
Eric could see him in the dark and pat came the reply, ''I can see you and I
can see you better!'' Samuel says, ''So we were all laughing.''
After staying for 6 weeks in
Hyderabad for the 2 eye surgeries, the brothers have returned to Ghana full of
enthusiasm in anticipation of what life has on offer for them.