Obrazem: Oční klinika v Katmandu vrací zrak tisícům Nepálců

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Doctor Sanduk Ruit speaks during an interview at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 28, 2012. A simple eye operation pioneered by Ruit, a Nepali national, at the Tilganga Eye Centre has benefited tens of thousands of people in Nepal and other countries in Asia and Africa, where surgical teams from the centre provide much needed care in field camps. Picture taken April 28, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:41 dop.
A patient with cataract walks past a notice board as she arrives for her routine eye check-up after her cataract surgery a day before at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 27, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 27, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:21 dop.
A patient with cataract arrives at the hospital for her routine eye check-up after her cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 27, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 27, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:18 dop.
Low-cost acrylic lenses, also called intraocular lenses, are produced at the Tilganga Eye Center's laboratory in Kathmandu April 26, 2012. The lenses are produced at the centre's laboratory by workers wearing bio-safe masks, helping bring the cost down to $4 per lens from more than $100 a piece. The centre produces about 350,000 lenses annually and sells them to other nations. Picture taken April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:31 dop.
Low-cost acrylic lenses, also called intraocular lenses, are pictured while being produced at the Tilganga Eye Center's laboratory in Kathmandu April 26, 2012. The lenses are produced at the centre's laboratory by workers wearing bio-safe masks, helping bring the cost down to $4 per lens from more than $100 a piece. The centre produces about 350,000 lenses annually and sells them to other nations. Picture taken April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:49 dop.
A low-cost acrylic lens, also called intraocular lens, is pictured at the Tilganga Eye Center's laboratory in Kathmandu April 26, 2012. The lenses are produced at the centre's laboratory by workers wearing bio-safe masks, helping bring the cost down to $4 per lens from more than $100 a piece. The centre produces about 350,000 lenses annually and sells them to other nations. Picture taken April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:19 dop.
A low-cost acrylic lens, also called intraocular lens, is pictured on the monitor at the Tilganga Eye Center's laboratory in Kathmandu April 26, 2012. The lenses are produced at the centre's laboratory by workers wearing bio-safe masks, helping bring the cost down to $4 per lens from more than $100 a piece. The centre produces about 350,000 lenses annually, selling them in other nations. Picture taken April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:03 dop.
Ethiopian doctor Fikru Melka (R) checks his patient's eyes at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 26, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:57 dop.
A patient gets his eyes checked at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 26, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 26, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:32 dop.
Patients wait to receive anesthesia before undergoing surgeries to remove their cataracts at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:55 dop.
A patient with cataract lies on a hospital bed upon receiving anesthesia during a cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:25 dop.
A doctor checks the eye of a patient with cataract after she receives anesthesia at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:26 dop.
A nurse passes equipments laid out on a table to a surgeon during a cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:09 dop.
The eye of patient is pictured on a television screen while surgeon Sanduk Ruit operates during a cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. Ruit, a Nepali national at the Tilganga Eye Centre, pioneered a simple eye operation benefiting tens of thousands of people in Nepal and other countries in Asia and Africa, where surgical teams from the centre provide much needed care in field camps. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:33 dop.
Surgeon Sanduk Ruit operates on the eye of a patient to remove her cataracts at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. Ruit, a Nepali national at the Tilganga Eye Centre, pioneered a simple eye operation benefiting tens of thousands of people in Nepal and other countries in Asia and Africa, where surgical teams from the centre provide much needed care in field camps. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:31 dop.
Surgeon Sanduk Ruit looks into the eyes of a patient through a microscope while conducting an operation to remove cataracts at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. A simple eye operation pioneered by Ruit, a Nepali national, at the Tilganga Eye Centre has benefited tens of thousands of people in Nepal and other countries in Asia and Africa, where surgical teams from the centre provide much needed care in field camps. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:44 dop.
A patient is helped by a nurse after undergoing a surgery to remove his cataract at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:38 dop.
A patient with cataract waits outside a surgery room before his cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 25, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 25, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:29 dop.
Patients with cataract wait to change their eye dressings after undergoing surgeries to remove their cataracts at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 27, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 27, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 4:36 dop
A man smiles during a routine eye check-up after his cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 27, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 27, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:16 dop.
A patient with cataract smiles as a nurse cleans his eye dressings after his cataract surgery at the Tilganga Eye Center in Kathmandu April 27, 2012. About 150,000 of Nepal's 26.6 million people are estimated to be blind in both eyes, most of them with cataracts. Picture taken April 27, 2012. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY) Published: Kvě. 2, 2012, 5:24 dop.