When acts of good intention end up in harm
Mrs. C was inconsolable when we saw her in the clinic yesterday. She had lost her vision recently in the past 4 months. It started as a mild blurring of vision and gradually progressed over the past four months and now she is barely able to perceive bright light. Mrs. C is an elderly lady living alone in a small hut in a village near our clinic. She has a son, daughter in law and grandchildren, but they live a few houses down the lane and they give her food three times a day. That is the only contact she has with her family. On Sundays, since it is a holiday, the grandson brings her to the clinic, stays with her and takes her back home. Four months ago, Mrs. C would at least visit some neighbors and have conversations. She would go for the rural employment guarantee scheme labor under which some minimum wage is guaranteed to people who go for work. Now, after she lost her vision, she is completely home bound, dependent on others for even her daily activities and has absolutely no conne...