The Story of First Surgery

The 18-year old Sarvesh, the first beneficiary of the Gift of Sight project, had been having severe eye inflammation and had lost considerable vision in her right eye.
When she was brought to PGI's Advance Eye Care Centre, Dr. Vaishali Gupta examined her and found that she was suffering from Cysticercosis - a very common parasitic infestation of the central nervous system worldwide. Humans develop cysticercosis when they ingest eggs or larvae of the tapeworm Taenia solium, which are usually found in fecally-contaminated water and undercooked pork.
The parasite had travelled to her eye and had infested the retina leading to loss of her vision. If left untreated she would have turned completely blind, the doctor said.
Dr Vaishali operated on her, removed the parasite, and repaired her retina, restoring her eye sight to 50% level, and there would be no further deterioration at least.
Our congratulations to the team of surgeons at Advance Eye Care Centre at PGI.

Dr Tom Grams visits Dental Chair project

Rtn. Dr. Tom Grams from Colarado USA was in our Club last Monday as a volunteer dentist for the dental dispensary set up by Rtn Dr. H.S. Coonar of Rotary Mill Hill, at village Hansali in Punjab. Earlier in the day he visited the Institute for Dental
Studies and met with the Director Principal Dr. A.Gauba and was highly impressed by the
facilities there, and the dental chairs installed by our Club in association with Rotary Club of Mill Hill, UK.
Rtn. Dr Grams exchanged the Club flags on this occasion. He has been working overseas and has done service work in many parts of the world, especially Guatemala, Mynamar, Nepal, and Afghanistan. He was accompanied by Dr. Dheeraj who is working as a dentist at the dispensary in Hansali.

Message from Coral Gables

Here's a message from Rtn Noelle from Rotary Club of Coral Gables, USA, our twin club, and partner in Rotary's Gift of Sight project.
She writes in response to the news of the first surgery done at PGI last week, "When you serve something bigger than yourself, it gives your life a whole new meaning." Blessing to all for our ability to do good for others.