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Show The Park Record D Section C Thursday, September 21, 1995 B Page C13 I 1 Utah eye doctors bring Africans the gift of sight The tiny African nation of Mali is one of the world's poorest countries with widespread malnutrition, a 24 percent literacy rate, and a life expectancy of just 47 years. But in a country that seems so far from hope, people have recently been given the gift of vision thanks to a group of Utah eye doctors and volunteers. In 1994, 2,000 Malian villagers were given eye exams and prescription glasses while 59 villagers received cataract operations through the help of Utah doctors and volunteers. The story of their humanitarian expedition to Ouelessebougou, Mali is retold in "Shared Vision," airing on KUED-Channel KUED-Channel 7 on Thursday, Sept. 28, at 7:30 p.m. , Produced by Michael Dunn of Salt Lake City, the half-hour documentary is a unique public-private public-private venture between KUED and Bonneville Communications, a local advertising agency. "Shared Vision" chronicles the volunteers' medical campaign to offer pro bono services to a group of impoverished villages in southwest Africa. Headed by optometrist Kim Clark and ophthalmologist Rachel Benator, the group of volunteers subtracted time from work and paid their own ways to Mali in order to bring the gift of vision to villagers. Their effort was part of Ouelessebougou-Utah Ouelessebougou-Utah Alliance, a 10-year-old organization that coordinates medical, agricultural and literacy programs in many villages in the region. "Shared Vision" captures the doctors' first patients anxiously waiting for their arrival at the airport. Even before the luggage is accounted for, Dr. Benator helps a crippled young woman whose baby has been blinded for months by a thick crust of infection in her eyes. Using common soap and water, the miracle of sight is restored to the child, and a mother learns an important lesson. The medical team performs similar examination to eager patients, as well as more complex situations and surgeries, throughout their week-long stay. By the end of their expedition, Benator, Clark and their staff have restored sight to hundreds of people whose vision has been dimmed by too many years of dust, sun and neglect. But when the team's work is over, the long-awaited day, unlike any other, has finally dawned for the treated villagers. '"Shared Vision' not only chronicles the medical expedition of the dedicated volunteers, but it goes deeper to show the glaring contrasts between the many excesses in our lives, and the" simplicity of the lives of the villagers," said Dunn. "Each volunteer found that the expedition had not only improved the villager's lives, but theirs as well." LIGHTEN UP. High-fat, high-cholesterol foods can leave you with a heavy heart. 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Ericka was flown by Life Flight to Salt Lake City and then transported to Primary Children's Medical Center. "She began chemotherapy and was hospitalized for seven weeks due to complications from her treatments. After two weeks at home, Ericka returned to Primary Children's. She became very weak and had great 1 difficulty walking. Soon, Ericka couldn't even lift her hand. Physical and occupational therapists began to work with her several hours a day, trying to increase her muscle strength and endurance. After four months, she was able to walk again and returned home. A fever reduced the course of chemotherapy treatments. Ericka had received chemotherapy for five months when a CT scan showed a sinus infection. A test revealed a rare fungus growing in her sinuses. She had many more medications and surgeries to rid her sinuses of this difficult-to-treat fungus. Three years later, Ericka is doing great and her cancer is in remission. 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