Dr Tim Lavy was part of the Mercy Ships team which worked to give Mamadou the gift of vision.
A Scots surgeon has helped a seven-year-old boy see for the first time after volunteering with an international charity.Little Mamadou from Sierra Leone was treated free of charge by the international charity Mercy Ships.
Bilateral cataracts occur when both eyes have a cloudy lens which impairs vision. Cataracts can develop in the womb or shortly after birth and are a leading cause of childhood blindness worldwide.“But in sub-Saharan Africa, children like Mamadou can be left for years without medical intervention. Effectively blind from birth.”
Mamadou’s mother, Salematu, discovered her little boy was unable to see well from the moment he started walking as he always stumbled and fell. But his family were relentless in their search for a solution and eventually a relative told them Mercy Ships was bringing in its new hospital ship to provide safe surgeries free of charge on board.
Mamadou’s operation took just two hours and the very next day his eye patches were removed and he was able to see.
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