Seeing clearly again thanks to The Big Favour
Eyesight issues will be a thing of the past for these three Durbanites after a local hospital stepped in to help.
Listen to Thursday's Big Favour with Damon Beard in the podcast, then read more below:
I received a heartwarming email from Shireen telling me about Boyi, Veronica, and Mehlo - three people in her community who have problems with their eyesight.
They depend on local provincial hospitals and clinics for assistance as they don’t have medical aid. However, they are barely able to support their families, and each day that passes, their eyesight gets worse.
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Boyi and Veronica had their cataracts removed in one eye only and have been put on a list for the other eye to be done, but they’ve been told that this could take up to two years. Mehlo has cataracts in both eyes.
Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital is a state of the art private hospital offering world class facilities, quality service, exceptional technology, a range of resident specialists, and allied health services. They offer excellence in healthcare by serving all patients, irrespective of race, religion or culture. It’s not the first time that the team have jumped on board to help us with The Big Favour.
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In 2017, the incredible team at Ahmed Al-Kadi assisted with a year of dialysis for Vanessa, who was not on medical aid and needed the treatment urgently.
I was recently joined in studio by Solly Suleman, who is the Chairman of Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital and President of Islamic Medical Association of South Africa (IMASA), together with Suraiya Vaizie, the Marketing Manager, Yasiera Mahomed, the Head of the IMASA Cataract Project, and Vimla Seeram, the Unit Manager of the hospital's General and Day Wards.
Yasiera then gave the good news to Boyi, Veronica, and Mehlo, telling them that they’d be having cataract surgery at absolutely no cost. It was one moment that these three deserving individuals will never forget for the rest of their lives.
Check out their reactions below:
Feel free to contact the Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital by calling them on 031 492 3416 or visiting their website - www.ahmedalkadi.com.
You can also visit them at their premises - 490 King Cetshwayo, Mayville, Durban,
Thank you to the team of Ahmed Al-Kadi Private Hospital and the Medical Association of South Africa. The ECR Family and the Big Favour team salute you!