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Cataract Chronicles-25 years
As I celebrate my 25th year volunteering as an eye surgeon in Southeast Asia. I am delighted to share photos and stories about the vision challenges and the people and cultures of India, Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Vietnam. - Dr. Gary Barth
Chronicle 1 - Getting Started
Many have asked: How did you get started doing charity cataract trips to Southeast Asia?
Chronicle 2 - Dr. Barth's Upside-Down Start to Asia Charity Work
At age 20, I went to India for a Williams College-sponsored semester of Indian Art and Religion. During the five months, I witnessed so much blindness that I redirected my studies to medicine.
Chronicle 3 - 100 Cataract/Implant Surgeries a Day in a Classroom?
The Setting: Tikapur High School Yard, Nepal. A surgical team in four-wheel drives took a three-hour trip from the city of Dhangadhi to a high school site for a large cataract surgery camp.
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