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Medford Eye Doctor Brings Cataract Care To Himalayas

Himalayan Cataract Project
Cataract surgery patients in recovery.

When you live up where the air is thin and the sun is closer, cataracts can be much more common. 

So the people who live in Nepal are prone to blindness from cataracts, a condition that can be corrected by relatively inexpensive surgery--still too expensive for most of the people in that poor country. 

So the was born to bring the surgery to the people, and Dr. Matt Oliva from Medford's is part of the team.  He talks about his trips to the roof of the world and the work he does there.  

And about HCP from Ethiopia.
 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich reports on lands and environmental policy for Oregon Public Broadcasting, a JPR news partner. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.