Hello guys,
How are we all doing, it is been a while, I hope the weekend has been great so far and that things promise to be exciting at your end. Over here I am having a blast, I guess mostly because Today is my birthday and I am excited about the blessings that have come my way.
So today I basically wanted to share with you an excerpt from our recent Hive Sponsored Outreach program that was conducted in the village of Manso Nkwanta somewhere in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. As the leader of the medical team for the Ghana hive project, I served members of this community for their ocular health needs, that was yesterday and in this event, a lot of good things happened.
First and foremost the patients that made it yesterday for the program after the announcement at the local public announcement system got the opportunity to not only be looked at free of charge but had fully sponsored drugs that varied from steroids, antibiotics, antihistamines, anti-inflammatories, etc, fully sponsored reading glasses as well as books and pens.
Not only did patients get to enjoy this but the staff of the health facility where we worked also benefitted and I couldn't be much grateful for such a wonderful birthday gift in such packaging for me from Hive.
The Glaucoma Story
Now I am sharing this story not because I want to portray how terrible the financial needs of people in deprived communities can be but to show how amazing impacting a single life could mean the world to them and how those small things you may not think mean so much could literally be saving someone's life or sight.
This is to motivate all of us in the science community to take hive's health impact and apply it to ourselves and the lives of our loved ones and neighbors. When you read, do share it because someone may learn a thing or two that would impact their health, and as I always say you may have just ended up saving someone's life or sight through such acts.
So during the free health exercise, I saw an aged woman in her late 40s who had been diagnosed with Glaucoma from a facility she visited some time back and had been trying so hard to keep up with the medication but couldn't. And so when I saw her retina and cupping I realized that it was almost 1.0 for both eyes which meant that optic nerve atrophy had progressed and that the thinning due to the glaucoma damage is massive.
From the look of things I could easily guess that her peripheral vision is very much affected, thankfully a good part of the central vision has been spared for now, thus if only she can continue with her medication but here is the case she hasn't been able to pay for glaucoma drugs for the past 6 months. For those of you who have been reading my health articles, you may be a bit more familiar with Glaucoma for now.
And so after her care, Hive gifted her enough drugs to last for the next 3 months with promises of seeing to her needs as time goes and the gratitude and tears the woman shared for this supposedly not much gesture shook me and the medical team. I am hoping that through this she gets to now continue her medication and that the death of nerve cells would reduce so she could have a functioning sight for as long as possible. I would personally see to it that she receives antiglaucoma drugs every month for free.
Conclusion
Hive is truly causing waves in all aspects of life, from the borehole project providing potable water, through the Hive exercise books project to the now Health Impact program. It is truly an amazing time to be Hiver and I proud to be a member of the blockchain contributing to and touching lives.
My journey on the blockchain has been nothing short of amazing, fun, exciting, learning, and sharing and I am always grateful for the stem social community for the voice I found in my career as an Optometrist here on the blockchain for helping me share my knowledge with others. Thank you Prof, 
