Eye Surgeon in Phnom Penh
Some people have suggested I go to Thailand for Eye Surgery....... Well read this.....
Infection after surgery leaves 7 blind in Khon Kaen
By The Nation
Published on January 5, 2010
Up to seven patients have lost sight in one eye while two have been left completely blind after undergoing cataract surgery at the Khon Kaen Hospital. Some 25 patients underwent cataract surgery in the hospital between December 14 and 16.
Soon after the surgery was completed, the eyes of 11 patients were found to be infected.
After administering immediate treatment, the hospital sent nine of the affected patients to the Srinagarindra Hospital, also located in Khon Kaen; while one was sent to a hospital in Nakhon Pathom at the request of relatives and one continued receiving treatment at the Khon Kaen Hospital.
Of the 11 patients, the eyes of two patients had to be removed, while five lost their eyesight.
So far, four of the 11 patients have recovered satisfactorily, though six have been allowed to go home and the rest are still being treated at the Khon Kaen Hospital.
Meanwhile, hospital director Dr Weerapan Supanchaimat said yesterday the affected patients would be compensated according to law. Under the law, each of the patients is entitled to a compensation of between Bt50,000 and Bt120,000.
Weerapan said his hospital had already given Bt54,000 in initial assistance to the patients.
"We will also provide the best treatment possible, and those whose eyes have been taken out will be provided with artificial eyes," Weerapan said.
Niyom Saennoi, 64, said his right eye hurt a lot after the surgery at the Khon Kaen Hospital on December 15. Later, he was summoned for an eye examination during which he was told that he would lose his eyesight due to a serious infection.
"I could not take it, it was too much to bear," Niyom said, adding that he only pulled through due to the overwhelming support he got from his wife, children and doctor.
"The doctor promised to do his best for my other eye," he said.
Meanwhile, all eye surgery has been suspended at the hospital, Weerapan said.
The hospital's committee on the control and prevention of infectious diseases reported that the infections had been caused by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
"Though this bacterium is quite common, it is unclear why it got into the wounds. At this point, we are convinced the infection was contracted during surgery," Weerapan said, adding that the hospital's standards about patient care before, during and after surgery would be improved.
"We will not allow such a thing to happen again," he said.
Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr Phaijit Warachit expressed his sympathy, saying: "We are sorry for what has happened."
Paijit said the patients and their families should be given good care, adding that he had already instructed all hospitals to prevent such incidents.
update.............
As the mysteries continues over how so many patients in a charitable eye-operation programme for the old and poor got infected and went blind, ten victims struggle to cope as their lives go from bad to worse
Cataract surgery been part of a government healthcare project that gave hope and shed light on darkness. But operations at Khon Kaen Hospital have become haunting nightmares for 10 patients who are now blind in at least one eye.
The loss of eyesight came from serious infections that took place right inside the surgical theatre, adding to the pain and suffering of the old and poor, who had chosen the cheap, state-sponsored operations as a last resort.
"My heart broke," Jai Mankong said tearfully.
He sighed deeply when looking at his security-guard uniform.
"I'm struggling hard to adjust to my life at home, let alone to resuming work. It will be a very long absence from my job," he said.
One of his eyes was removed following the infection.
Nang Oun-sua, 65, said she cried a lot because the partial blindness caused much difficulty for her life.
"I cannot even walk unassisted in my home," she said.
She used to believe that she was so familiar with her house that she could walk around with her eyes closed. However, now that she is blind in one eye, she knows she was wrong.
"I walked right into a pole inside the house and fell down," she said.
Another victim, Uam Kaeso, was still trembling when asked about her condition. She lost the sight of her left eye after undergoing cataract surgery at the hospital.
"I don't want to talk about it," the widow said. Her husband had just died and she was hardly getting over it when the eye infection added salt to her emotional wounds.
Other blinded patients are hardly better off.
Wan Kamnongpai, 69, is now spending his life in front of a TV set that he can never see again. Blind in his right eye since childhood, the man has now become totally sightless because his other eye got seriously infected during the recent cataract surgery.
He can no longer live a normal life.
With his wife by his side, Wan has chosen to listen to the voices from the TV to prevent him from getting too depressed.
Peng Kongsee confessed that the partial blindness had hurt her deeply.
"I was shocked and grieved," she said about her feelings when her doctor told her that her right eye would never see again.
Through encouragement from her children and the doctors' pledge to take good care of her health, Peng has been trying hard to get over her loss.
"I have to tell myself that I might have done something wrong in my past life and the bad deeds were getting at me," she said.
Her daughter, Jariya Ployres, said she felt so sorry for her mother. Crying has now left her eyes so red.
Niyom Saengnoy's chicken-rice stall has been closed for nearly one month now. It was because he has not yet been able to return to a normal life after he lost the sight of his right eye because of the fateful cataract operation.
"At first, the loss was too much to bear. I kept blaming the doctors," Niyom said.
But after hearing their explanations, he was totally convinced that no doctor would ever want to blind his patients.
"So I keep telling myself that my life will have to go on. I will fight on," he said.
He plans to return to his chicken-rice stall as soon as he has fully recovered.
Dr Weerasak Anut-angkoon, head of the hospital's ophthalmology division, said the case doctors were also deeply hurt about what happened to their patients.
"They have taken leave and turned to temples in a bid to seek peace of mind," he said.
Weerasak said no doctor wanted such things to happen.
"But now that they happened, we will do our best to help the affected patients and to prevent such complications from happening in the future," he said.
Pan Janruang, one of the victims, thinks doctors showed responsibility for what had happened.
"So, I hold no grudges against them. By the way, if they fail to honour the promise to give me free treatment throughout my life, I will sue them," Pan said.
All the blinded patients were those receiving cataract surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital from December 14-15.
Each of these 10 patients are entitled to Bt300,000 compensation, free medical services for life and, if their eyes were removed, free quality artificial eyeballs.
Thongpak Thongrak, who received only Bt50,000 compensation, was the only fortunate one to get infected without losing her eyesight.
Bacterial infection affected her eye but another operation saved it.
"I was over the moon when I found out about one week later that I can still see," she said.
Infection after surgery leaves 7 blind in Khon Kaen
By The Nation
Published on January 5, 2010
Up to seven patients have lost sight in one eye while two have been left completely blind after undergoing cataract surgery at the Khon Kaen Hospital. Some 25 patients underwent cataract surgery in the hospital between December 14 and 16.
Soon after the surgery was completed, the eyes of 11 patients were found to be infected.
After administering immediate treatment, the hospital sent nine of the affected patients to the Srinagarindra Hospital, also located in Khon Kaen; while one was sent to a hospital in Nakhon Pathom at the request of relatives and one continued receiving treatment at the Khon Kaen Hospital.
Of the 11 patients, the eyes of two patients had to be removed, while five lost their eyesight.
So far, four of the 11 patients have recovered satisfactorily, though six have been allowed to go home and the rest are still being treated at the Khon Kaen Hospital.
Meanwhile, hospital director Dr Weerapan Supanchaimat said yesterday the affected patients would be compensated according to law. Under the law, each of the patients is entitled to a compensation of between Bt50,000 and Bt120,000.
Weerapan said his hospital had already given Bt54,000 in initial assistance to the patients.
"We will also provide the best treatment possible, and those whose eyes have been taken out will be provided with artificial eyes," Weerapan said.
Niyom Saennoi, 64, said his right eye hurt a lot after the surgery at the Khon Kaen Hospital on December 15. Later, he was summoned for an eye examination during which he was told that he would lose his eyesight due to a serious infection.
"I could not take it, it was too much to bear," Niyom said, adding that he only pulled through due to the overwhelming support he got from his wife, children and doctor.
"The doctor promised to do his best for my other eye," he said.
Meanwhile, all eye surgery has been suspended at the hospital, Weerapan said.
The hospital's committee on the control and prevention of infectious diseases reported that the infections had been caused by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.
"Though this bacterium is quite common, it is unclear why it got into the wounds. At this point, we are convinced the infection was contracted during surgery," Weerapan said, adding that the hospital's standards about patient care before, during and after surgery would be improved.
"We will not allow such a thing to happen again," he said.
Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr Phaijit Warachit expressed his sympathy, saying: "We are sorry for what has happened."
Paijit said the patients and their families should be given good care, adding that he had already instructed all hospitals to prevent such incidents.
update.............
As the mysteries continues over how so many patients in a charitable eye-operation programme for the old and poor got infected and went blind, ten victims struggle to cope as their lives go from bad to worse
Cataract surgery been part of a government healthcare project that gave hope and shed light on darkness. But operations at Khon Kaen Hospital have become haunting nightmares for 10 patients who are now blind in at least one eye.
The loss of eyesight came from serious infections that took place right inside the surgical theatre, adding to the pain and suffering of the old and poor, who had chosen the cheap, state-sponsored operations as a last resort.
"My heart broke," Jai Mankong said tearfully.
He sighed deeply when looking at his security-guard uniform.
"I'm struggling hard to adjust to my life at home, let alone to resuming work. It will be a very long absence from my job," he said.
One of his eyes was removed following the infection.
Nang Oun-sua, 65, said she cried a lot because the partial blindness caused much difficulty for her life.
"I cannot even walk unassisted in my home," she said.
She used to believe that she was so familiar with her house that she could walk around with her eyes closed. However, now that she is blind in one eye, she knows she was wrong.
"I walked right into a pole inside the house and fell down," she said.
Another victim, Uam Kaeso, was still trembling when asked about her condition. She lost the sight of her left eye after undergoing cataract surgery at the hospital.
"I don't want to talk about it," the widow said. Her husband had just died and she was hardly getting over it when the eye infection added salt to her emotional wounds.
Other blinded patients are hardly better off.
Wan Kamnongpai, 69, is now spending his life in front of a TV set that he can never see again. Blind in his right eye since childhood, the man has now become totally sightless because his other eye got seriously infected during the recent cataract surgery.
He can no longer live a normal life.
With his wife by his side, Wan has chosen to listen to the voices from the TV to prevent him from getting too depressed.
Peng Kongsee confessed that the partial blindness had hurt her deeply.
"I was shocked and grieved," she said about her feelings when her doctor told her that her right eye would never see again.
Through encouragement from her children and the doctors' pledge to take good care of her health, Peng has been trying hard to get over her loss.
"I have to tell myself that I might have done something wrong in my past life and the bad deeds were getting at me," she said.
Her daughter, Jariya Ployres, said she felt so sorry for her mother. Crying has now left her eyes so red.
Niyom Saengnoy's chicken-rice stall has been closed for nearly one month now. It was because he has not yet been able to return to a normal life after he lost the sight of his right eye because of the fateful cataract operation.
"At first, the loss was too much to bear. I kept blaming the doctors," Niyom said.
But after hearing their explanations, he was totally convinced that no doctor would ever want to blind his patients.
"So I keep telling myself that my life will have to go on. I will fight on," he said.
He plans to return to his chicken-rice stall as soon as he has fully recovered.
Dr Weerasak Anut-angkoon, head of the hospital's ophthalmology division, said the case doctors were also deeply hurt about what happened to their patients.
"They have taken leave and turned to temples in a bid to seek peace of mind," he said.
Weerasak said no doctor wanted such things to happen.
"But now that they happened, we will do our best to help the affected patients and to prevent such complications from happening in the future," he said.
Pan Janruang, one of the victims, thinks doctors showed responsibility for what had happened.
"So, I hold no grudges against them. By the way, if they fail to honour the promise to give me free treatment throughout my life, I will sue them," Pan said.
All the blinded patients were those receiving cataract surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital from December 14-15.
Each of these 10 patients are entitled to Bt300,000 compensation, free medical services for life and, if their eyes were removed, free quality artificial eyeballs.
Thongpak Thongrak, who received only Bt50,000 compensation, was the only fortunate one to get infected without losing her eyesight.
Bacterial infection affected her eye but another operation saved it.
"I was over the moon when I found out about one week later that I can still see," she said.
Just an update for Dr Do Seiha.
Suggested by SOS, I got an appointment at 4PM. Took the afternoon off to bring my baby there. Arriving at his private clinic, I've been told after 15 mn wait that he was out and coming back after 1h30, while ten people were already waiting for him... Couldn't wait that long with a 14 months baby girl.
I called again to know when I could come back with the baby and without waiting too much. "Any morning". So I went this morning, again off work, and the door was closed at 8h30. "Come back at 12"!!!
So this guy may be talented but very useless if he is invisible! And I consider the way he is organized as a lack of respect to his patients!
Will never go again loosing time, money and temper.
Suggested by SOS, I got an appointment at 4PM. Took the afternoon off to bring my baby there. Arriving at his private clinic, I've been told after 15 mn wait that he was out and coming back after 1h30, while ten people were already waiting for him... Couldn't wait that long with a 14 months baby girl.
I called again to know when I could come back with the baby and without waiting too much. "Any morning". So I went this morning, again off work, and the door was closed at 8h30. "Come back at 12"!!!
So this guy may be talented but very useless if he is invisible! And I consider the way he is organized as a lack of respect to his patients!
Will never go again loosing time, money and temper.
2 years later but might be interesting for some.
A friend of mine had his cataracts done here a couple of months ago. 500USD per eye. The surgeon was trained in Perth, recommended by Naga Clinic.
Qualifications all real, the patient (my friend) is a dentist himself. Living in SR, so some of you might actually know him.
A friend of mine had his cataracts done here a couple of months ago. 500USD per eye. The surgeon was trained in Perth, recommended by Naga Clinic.
Qualifications all real, the patient (my friend) is a dentist himself. Living in SR, so some of you might actually know him.
I don't know. He hasn't got back to me yet. I'll post the contact details when I have them.
Dr Do Seiha.
#121. Street 110.
Ph # 012 840 796.
Im still using Dr Do Seitha, he is a very good eye surgeon. Its better to phone for appointment he will usually fit you in after 5;30 PM.
#121. Street 110.
Ph # 012 840 796.
Im still using Dr Do Seitha, he is a very good eye surgeon. Its better to phone for appointment he will usually fit you in after 5;30 PM.
WTF your just a jerkbarforsalecambodia wrote:how valuable are your eyes to you? gonna save a few 100 dollars by having some quack in Cambodia do the work??
I value mine at about $150, for the pair, so it's definitely worth it!barforsalecambodia wrote:how valuable are your eyes to you? gonna save a few 100 dollars by having some quack in Cambodia do the work??
vladimir wrote:I don't know if they're worth that much judging by your hack job on the Christmas hat.
Ouch ;-( I guess it's unanimous, I suck at photo shopping... Won't be quiting my day job anytime soon!
;-D
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Eye Surgeon in Phnom Penh
I have search on khmer440 for cataract. Fond old topics. But many out of time. Have somebody recently experiments
I have search on khmer440 for cataract. Fond old topics. But many out of time. Have somebody recently experiments
Still the best in Phnom Penh IMO.
Dr Do Seiha.
#121. Street 110.
Ph # 012 840 796.
Dr Do Seiha.
#121. Street 110.
Ph # 012 840 796.
Dr Do might be the same guy SS. He studied in Perth and also Russia.SunSan wrote:2 years later but might be interesting for some.
A friend of mine had his cataracts done here a couple of months ago. 500USD per eye. The surgeon was trained in Perth, recommended by Naga Clinic.
Qualifications all real, the patient (my friend) is a dentist himself. Living in SR, so some of you might actually know him.
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Hi everyone
I just wondered whether anyone had the contct details of the German ophtalmologist in Prey Veng? Can't find him.
I have an eye infection now and am taking antibiotic drops but I probably need to get my eye lids cleaned (mucous glands don't work as they should).
I had this done by my eye doctor in Germany and it didnt seem like anything major (but he said nobody in Cambodia would know how to do it..).
Does anyone know if Dr Do Seiha could do this?
Thanks!
I just wondered whether anyone had the contct details of the German ophtalmologist in Prey Veng? Can't find him.
I have an eye infection now and am taking antibiotic drops but I probably need to get my eye lids cleaned (mucous glands don't work as they should).
I had this done by my eye doctor in Germany and it didnt seem like anything major (but he said nobody in Cambodia would know how to do it..).
Does anyone know if Dr Do Seiha could do this?
Thanks!
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