A Zimbabwe student is fighting against blindness after he was beaten up in Cyprus. A campaign has now been launched to raise over $10 000 f...
A Zimbabwe student is fighting against blindness after he
was beaten up in Cyprus. A campaign has now been launched to raise over $10 000
for a corneal transplant.
MacMmillan Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa (27) left Zimbabwe for
Cyprus in 2016 and he was currently studying towards an M.Sc. in Information
Systems at Near East University in Northern Cyprus.
While in Northern Cyprus Macmillan and his friends were
attacked by Turkish assailants fortunately his friends of Turkish origin were
left unharmed and he was unlucky. This happened in Cyprus on the eve of 16th of
June 2017 . As a result of the trauma his stitches from the previous corneal
transplant came off and this threatened vision in his good right eye. Doctors
in Cyprus stitched up his eye in a medical surgery and put him on antibiotics
but unfortunately this was in vain. The diagnosing doctors have recommended a
corneal transplant in highly specialized eye centre as it is not a
straightforward case. At present, Macmillan only has 5% of his vision. As a
family we are in the deepest of despair following these events.
Macmillan has had challenges with his eyes since he was
young. In the year 2000, he had several major optical operations conducted in
Zimbabwe by Dr. Solomon Guramatunhu to his cornea. In the end he needed corneal
transplants to both eyes resulting in good vision in the right eye but not much
improvement in the left. Despite this ordeal, he has successfully completed his
B.Sc. in Information Systems.
Those who want to help can do so here https://www.gofundme.com/quyz3-help-macmillan-recover-his-sight
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