Nepalese Eye Doctor Restored Over 100,000 People's Vision

"I am so grateful that I can make a difference in so many people's lives," Dr. Sanduk Ruit pleaded when he was asked about his profession. The humble doctor over the past 3 decades has restored the vision to over 100,000 people. The surgeon takes about five minutes to make a small incision in a patient's eye, remove the cloudy cataract hindering the vision, and then replacing it with inexpensive artificial lens.


Dr. Sanduk Ruit (Right) next to patients he had just restored vision to.

A lot of the grateful patients are beyond pleased, for after the surgery for many it happens to be the first time they've seen in years. All throughout Asia, Africa, and some parts of the isolated areas in North Korea, Ruit has taught his technique to many other eye surgeons, while performing countless operations. Most of the eye infections Ruit sees and operates on could have easily been prevented. Although some the areas he performs surgeries in are full of people that receive low-income, he still continues to help them. They literally cannot afford to stay healthy and become immune to simply bacteria in the eyes. Estimated according to the World Health Organization, studies show that 39 million people worldwide are blind.

One of the most moving patient recovery stories was of an 80-year-old North Korean man. Ruit repaired his eyes and then had witnessed his son for the first time in 10 years after being completely blind in both eyes. The man's life, like others in the past, had been transformed.  

80-year-old Man sees his son for the first time in a decade.