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    The Miracle Of Cataract Surgery: The Blind Can See Again

    Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness globally. But a quick surgery and a $4 plastic lens can restore sight. A group from Vermont is offering free surgery in Africa and Asia.
    by Jason Beaubien Feb 22, 2018 5 minutes
    Ahmed Ali, the day after his cataract surgery. He has just had the bandages removed from his eyes and can see again. Ali, 75, was blind for 5 years.

    The blind have descended in droves on the Bisidimo Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia.

    The Himalayan Cataract Project is hosting a mass cataract surgery campaign at the medical compound that used to be a leper colony. For one week a team from the nonprofit has set up seven operating tables in four operating rooms and they're offering free cataract surgery to anyone who needs it.

    On the first day of the campaign it's clear that the need is great.

    "We have like 700 or 800 patients already in the compound and many more appointed for tomorrow and the day after and the day after that," says Teketel Mathiwos, the Ethiopian program coordinator for the Himalayan Cataract Project.

    People hoping to get their sight restored are jammed into the compound's main courtyard. Others spill

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