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Hello. | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
How are you? | 0:00:11 | 0:00:12 | |
Not suffering from cataracts or club foot or cleft palate? | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
I hope not. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
Of course, if you were, get it fixed by the NHS. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
But, imagine living somewhere | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
without access to medical care. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
Imagine you're living with a relatively minor disability that's | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
completely ruining your life. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
You know there's a really simple solution, but you can't afford it. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Well, let me introduce you to IMPACT Foundation, | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
a brilliant charity, whose mission is to alleviate disability | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
by some really extraordinary means. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
One of the countries where the charity operates is India. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
Like eight million other people in India, Manohar has cataracts, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
but he's too poor to get treatment, | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
leaving the father of three almost blind. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
Manohar depended on his stall to support his family, | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
so when his double cataracts forced him to give it up, | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
saving for an operation became impossible. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:33 | |
Manohar's story is frustratingly commonplace. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
Cataracts are a very simple problem to correct surgically, | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
by replacing the lens. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:18 | |
Thankfully, for Manohar, | 0:02:21 | 0:02:22 | |
the IMPACT Foundation has come up with an ingenious | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
way to reach people like him. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
The Lifeline Express is a hospital on wheels. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
A train that travels the length of India offering free surgery | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
to reverse medical conditions that would otherwise mean | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
a lifetime of disability. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
A vital service for the 300 million people living below the poverty line | 0:02:44 | 0:02:48 | |
and unable to pay for an operation. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:49 | |
I come whenever they call me. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
I really feel proud working as an eye surgeon in this train. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
This month, the train has come to Manohar's hometown of Gondiya. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
He's joined hundreds of others being screened for surgery. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
To date, the IMPACT Foundation has performed a staggering | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
849,000 operations across the developing world. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:28 | |
One of the families desperate for help are the parents of | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
eight-month-old Prashansa. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
Prashansa's cleft palate has made it difficult for her to eat | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
and maintain her weight, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
but her parents also worry about her future. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
Prashansa's parents have brought her to the Lifeline Express | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
and she's going to be one of nine cleft-lip patients | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
being operated on in a single day | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
by plastic surgeon Vijay Kumar. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
The Lifeline Express is doing a great job, | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
because it is going in such areas where doctors are not there. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:42 | |
BABY CRIES | 0:04:42 | 0:04:43 | |
Plastic surgeons like me come here and operate | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
so they get good care and good surgery. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
Prashansa is put under general anaesthetic | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
and surgery gets underway. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
After an hour, Dr Kumar is nearly finished. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
Now we have repaired the lip and the baby will smile | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
and the lip will be OK. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:15 | |
The parents should be happy. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:16 | |
Prashansa will need further operations when she's older, | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
but her cleft lip is well on the way to being corrected. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
It's the day of Manohar's cataract surgery. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
Dr Singh is getting ready to operate, | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
and it's a hectic schedule. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
Within seven days, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
around 200 surgeries have been performed. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:42 | |
Manohar's operation should take around ten minutes, | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
but his cataract is dangerously attached to his lens. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
It takes all of Dr Singh's skill not to lose his eye completely. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
This cataract was really very complicated. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
It was tough to operate. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
And let's see what will be the result tomorrow. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
The following morning, | 0:06:07 | 0:06:09 | |
Manohar is ready to discover if his sight has finally been restored. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
In the last month alone, | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
the Lifeline Express has transformed the lives of over 5,000 people | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
who were too poor to pay for treatment. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
And the IMPACT Foundation doesn't just operate in India. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
They have devised innovative ways of bringing life-changing surgery | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
to the poor all over the world. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
People like Prashansa. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
The thing I like most about IMPACT Foundation is it's so simple. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:45 | |
They take easily curable disabilities, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
like cataracts and cleft palate, | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
and they fix them, on the spot, | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
and this transforms people's lives. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
But of course, it all costs money. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
So, if you'd like to help transform someone's life who's suffering | 0:07:59 | 0:08:04 | |
from a disability that's really easy to fix, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
then please, give now. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
And please be generous. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:12 | |
Go on, | 0:08:14 | 0:08:15 | |
put a nought on it. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:18 | |
To donate online, please go to | 0:08:18 | 0:08:20 | |
bbc.co.uk/lifeline | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
To give by phone, call 0800 011 011. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
Calls are free from mobiles and landlines. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
You can also donate £10 by texting "Support" to 70121. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:33 | |
Texts cost £10, plus your standard network message charge, | 0:08:33 | 0:08:36 | |
and the whole £10 goes to IMPACT Foundation. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:39 | |
Full terms and conditions can be found at bbc.co.uk/lifeline | 0:08:39 | 0:08:43 | |
or, if you'd like to post a donation, | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
please make your cheque payable to IMPACT Foundation and send it to | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
Freepost BBC Lifeline Appeal, | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
writing "IMPACT Foundation" on the back of the envelope. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:53 | |
And if you want the charity to claim Gift Aid on your donation, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:56 | |
please include an e-mail or postal address, | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
so that they can send you a Gift Aid form. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:01 | |
Thank you. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 |