Chinese doctors help restore eyesight for cataract patients in Cambodia

A Chinese doctor providing cataract treatment to a local eye patient in Prey Veng, Cambodia. — Xinhua

PREY VENG (Xinhua): Kea Ren, a 68-year-old Cambodian woman, is overjoyed on Tuesday (Nov 14) as she can see once again after having her cataracts in both eyes removed free of charge by a Chinese medical team.

A native to Prey Veng province in southeast Cambodia, the farmerette said the surgery has brought her smile and hope again as she had lived in blindness for seven years because she had no money to pay for the surgery.