{"id":2547,"date":"2019-03-13T23:44:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T23:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2019-03-18T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:36:54","slug":"dadaab-us-somali-doctor-conducts-eye-surgery-clinic-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2019\/03\/13\/dadaab-us-somali-doctor-conducts-eye-surgery-clinic-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Dadaab .. US-Somali doctor conducts eye surgery clinic for refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

DADAAB (SOHA) –<\/strong> An eye surgery clinic carried out by a US-based Somali doctor and funded by a diaspora youth group has helped 300 Somali refugees living in the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya to regain their sight.<\/p>\n

The clinic was organised by Dr Abdikadir Mohamed Mohamud, a medical specialist who lived and worked in Dadaab for 20 years before moving to the US three years ago.<\/p>\n

Dr Mohamud arranged for a group of youth to raise awareness about the clinic and mobilise patients in January.<\/p>\n

He organised youth in America to raise funds. Altogether the crowd-funding effort raised $103,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith discussions between myself and the youth in North America, we agreed to fund the operation to help these people get their sight back,\u201d Dr Mohamud said.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Abdi Heybe, a 55-year old mason, was one of those treated during the free clinic. He had become partially blind three years ago after a snake spat venom in his eye and also suffering from an accident on a construction site.<\/p>\n

Heybe, a father of 10, is now back at work earning a living for his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring all that time I could not see, my family had to rely just on the food distributed at the camps. That had a very bad effect on my family.\u00a0 Now I am back on the construction site, earning 200-300 shillings a day to assist my family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe regained so much, there is nothing more valuable than sight! My family and I are happy because I had become a burden on them instead of being able to help them,\u201d Heybe said.<\/p>\n

The only hospital that offered eye surgery in the refugee camp closed in December after its support from the International Committee of the Red Cross ceased.<\/p>\n

Source: Radio Ergo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DADAAB (SOHA) – An eye surgery clinic carried out by a US-based Somali doctor and funded by a diaspora youth group has helped 300 Somali refugees living in the Dadaab refugee camps in northern Kenya to regain their sight. The clinic was organised by Dr Abdikadir Mohamed Mohamud, a medical specialist who lived and worked …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-displacement-and-asylum","category-health-cluster","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t