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4-year old Kajal, blinded by her own step-mother, has a chance
to see again.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB)
November 29, 2006 -- Four year-old Kajal, living in a shelter in
Allahabad, India, was purposely blinded by her step-mother and
abandoned at a train station in India in June 2006. Now in the care
of the Society of Underpriveledged People (SOUP) in India, her
caretakers reach out to Nashville's own Dr. Ming Wang for help for
Kajal.
Dr. Ming Wang is the founder of the Wang Foundation
for Sight Restoration, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit charitable
organization that helps severely corneal blind patients undergo new
sight restoration surgeries, performed free of charge. The
foundation has attracted patients from over 40 states in the U.S.
and from 55 countries worldwide, and Dr. Wang performed the world's
first laser artificial cornea implantation surgery. He published a
paper in the world renowned journal Nature and holds a US patent for
an invention of a new biotechnology to restore sight in the
terminally corneal blind patients.
Dr. Wang explained that
since Kajal has 4th degree severe chemical burn to both of her eyes
with severe scarring and neovascularization, all traditional corneal
surgeries will not work. Her only hope to ever regain her vision is
through the new surgery, femtosecond laser-assisted artificial
cornea implantation, a technique that was developed here at Wang
Vision Institute and is currently available in the world only at the
Wang Foundation for Sight Restoration here in Nashville, TN.
Kajal's surgery would cost an estimated $85,000-$100,000 for
sight restoration surgeries and care. Dr. Wang has agreed to donate
his entire medical and surgical services, and the Wang Foundation
for Sight Restoration will cover all hospital expenses for Kajal.
The only stall is raising funds for costly travel/lodging
(6-12 months) from India for 4-year-old Kajal and her caretaker. The
estimated travel/lodging expenses from her village in India are
$30,000-$40,000.
Kajal has a bright smile, a sparkling,
loving personality and her teachers with SOUP believe that she is
extremely bright, possibly brilliant. Blinded by her step-mother and
left alone at a train station, unfed, and in shock for a week, she
is now part of the SOUP family and has a chance at a better life
through regaining her vision.
Won't you please donate to the
Wang Foundation today? Please indicate that your donation is for
Helping Kajal. Donations may be sent to:
Wang Foundation for
Sight Restoration
Attn: Dr. Ming Wang, 1801 West End Avenue,
Suite 1150, Nashville, TN 37203
All donations are tax-deductible.
Gift one of the most precious gifts of all this holiday season: THE
GIFT OF SIGHT
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