We’ve heard all about Obama’s $100 million dollar vacations, but not much about KY Senator Rand Paul’s summer break.
We've heard all about Obama's $100 million dollar vacations, but not much about KY Senator Rand Paul's summer break.
We've heard all about Obama's $100 million dollar vacations, but not much about KY Senator Rand Paul's summer break.He and a partner teamed up to do pro-bono eye surgeries for the poor.People who came to the surgery center "legally blind or much worse" were all seeing before they left.Isn't it interesting what the media considers newsworthy?Wonder why the media isn't interested in that? Guess it doesn't fit the image they try to create for conservatives. Let's help spread the word.
Oh my God. Oh my God."
Those are Cynthia Burke's first words after Senator Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist, completes her eye surgery, removing the cataract in her right eye. Lying down in the operation room, Burke, a 55-year-old woman from the Ozarks town of Fredericktown, Mo., looks up. Standing above her are Paul and another ophthalmologist, Barbara Bowers, both dressed in blue scrubs.
Because of her cataracts, Burke hadn't been able to perceive much color, and couldn't see at all in her right eye when there wasn't natural light. But now, with the surgery just completed, Burke's sight is already hugely improved. "You have on blue clothes," Burke marvels.
Paul, who just moments ago was bent over Burke, looking through a microscope at her eye as he methodically and precisely moved needles and tools to remove the cataract, laughs happily. "You're seeing colors again," he warmly observes.
"Now you'll recognize him on TV," Bowers jokes to Burke about Paul.
"Oh my God," Burke repeats. "It's awesome. Oh my goodness."
Burke is one of four patients that Paul performs pro bono eye surgery on today. In recent years, Paul has done between 10 and 15 eye surgeries a year for free. "I've always done some since I've been in practice," he recounts. In 1995, Paul founded the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic, which provided free eye care for low-income people, "because I wanted to be able to give back to the community." He did free operations for locals and also for children who had come all the way from Guatemala.
Paul estimates he has done over a hundred pro bono surgeries over the years. In the health-care debate, he remarks, it was overlooked how many doctors already perform free surgeries for those in need. Performing surgery pro bono, Paul insists, "is not unusual for physicians. Read more via NRO
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