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¼¼°èÀÇ Àå´Ô °ÅÀÇ ¹Ý ÀÏÀ¸Å°´Â ¿øÀÎÀÌ µÇ´Â, ¹é³»ÀåÀº ³ëÈÄÈ­ »ç¶÷µé, ±×·¯³ª ¸î¸î ¾ÆÀ̵鿡¼­ ÀϹÝÀûÀÌ´Ù ±×µé°ú ¼±ÃµÀûÀÌ´Ù. The procedure to remove the cloudy lenses is fairly simple, but requires special instruments and skilled doctors.

Trachoma, a chronic bacterial infection that causes the eyelids to turn inward and eventual blindness, is another problem easily treated with antibiotics or surgery if caught early.

Before the flying hospital touches down, ORBIS sends a team into the country to ask which procedures doctors want to observe, based on their experience and the equipment available at their hospitals.

In Ni's case, Dr. Doug Fredrick, a pediatric ophthalmologist from the University of California-San Francisco, removed her cataract alongside Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Chi, the only physician in Danang who performs eye surgery on children.

"Sau!" she shouted instantly when six fingers were held up 10 feet away.

"I see everything clear now," she said, smiling. "I could never see my father so clear."

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