Day Seven - Goodbye Mumbai, Hello Siliguri

 Surgery Begins !


On our way from Mumbai to Siliguri


Tuk Tuk (pronounced took took) trip to the clinic

Cate arrives in a Tuk Tuk at the clinic with Dr. Olivia Dam (SEE International Ophthalmologist from Canada in black), Dr. Preeti Shah (SEE International Ophthalmologist from Mumbai, India next to Dr. Dam) and an anesthesiologist from India.


The Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International team didn't waste any time getting surgery underway. The first day involved 25 manual small incision cataract surgeries (MSICS) and one pterygium. The SEE team started surgery at 3:30pm and finished at 10:30pm.  At the invitation of eye surgeons in developing countries, and with the approval of local health and civic authorities, SEE International recruits, organizes, and deploys numerous small surgical teams worldwide to restore sight to underserved populations. Since being founded in 1974, SEE’s eye surgeons have examined more than 3.8 million patients and performed over 460,000 sight-restoring operations.
Cate gets her first introduction to MSICS on a human patient. Thank you Dr. Preeti Shah for all of the mentorship!
Dr. Preeti Shah is an amazing ophthalmologist and humanitarian.

Cate observes Dr. Olivia Dam. Dr. Janak Shah is pictured to the right.


Cate is put to work prepping patients for surgery


The afternoon and evening flew past as surgeries were completed one after the other.

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