DR. MIGUEL TOMAS SARABIA: GIVING HOPE TO EVERYONE
Both of Melba Navales Cañet’s eyes had cataracts. A retired public school teacher and former district supervisor at the Department of Education La Carlota City, she has suffered for the longest time.
At age 76, she could hardly see clearly because age-related disease. Her eye condition was already mature and needs to be removed through surgery.
Dr. Miguel Tomas S. Sarabia, a former Scholar of Lions and who served as Past President of the Rotary Club of Bacolod-east was the first Eye Specialist, a highly trained Ophthalmologist of ARAVIND Eye Hospital in India, did not hesitate to help a retiree saying that, “If I won’t help her to see clearly, it will not affect his life. But I would rather help because I will be giving hope to those who have suffered loss of eyesight due to cataract.”
The retiree was happy that she availed of the services of Dr Sarabia and got operated on her first right eye on May 30, 2023, at the Our Lady of Mercy in Eroreco, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City.
Dr. Sarabia performed using Manual Small Incision Surgery (MSICS), which is the best cataract technique for black hard cataracts. This MSICS are used in over four million successful eye operations since 2002.
And he used this MSICS which he obtained his training from Dr. Rengara Venkatesh, a known Superman of ARAVIND Eye Care System and the world’s fastest cataract surgeon.
Dr. Sarabia is also performing his advocacy by treating indigent patients at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital.
He said that he had a 30 long year of preparation to perform a 30-minute or less eye surgery on his patients where many of whom were indigents.
CLMMRH is now 100% MSICS. “I just want to perfect my skills and craft to be as great as the Doctors who trained me,” he said.
Moreover, his eye patient Melba expressed an unspeakable joy when she regained her eyesight overnight. She was operated on on May 30 and on May 31, she was able to see clearly. Tears of joy flowed out of her eyes, experiencing a great relief of regaining her eyesight.
Dr. Sarabia is so happy to see his patients and happy with his services that sometimes, he did an act of kindness and compassion only to help those who are already hopeless in their eyesight.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE▪ Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson turns over the P6 million financial assistance to Negros Occidental Science High School yesterday, May 31▪ The symbolic check was received by Negros Occ▪ Schools Division Superintendent Anthony Liobet, Victorias City Schools Division Superintendent Portia Mallorca, and NONSHS Principal Raque Alayon, among others▪