Organisation: GoodVision
Location: Germany
Photographer: Antje Christ

After a severe eye injury left coal worker Pradeep blind in one eye, free cataract surgery restored his sight and gave him a new lease on life in remote Jharkhand.

Pradeep Bhuiya, 32 years old and a laborer in the Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, is one of the many coal workers in the region. Some time ago, Bhuiya suffered a serious injury to his left eye at work. With no funds for treatment and no access to medical care in the remote area, his eyesight progressively deteriorated until he finally went completely blind in the affected eye. The cause was a traumatic cataract that developed because of the injury. Thanks to an eye camp organized by GoodVision, who collaborates with several eye clinics in this region, he was able to receive a free cataract surgery, which he gratefully accepted. Today, his sight has been fully restored.