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Man regains sight after 21-year blindness, learns to walk, wear shoes

Edmond Eli, the 24-year-old man who regained his sight after 21 years, is learning to walk without his crutches.

Edmond’s situation has been described as a “miracle” by his father Humoshe Eli, who said his son who turned 24 this year is now learning to wear his shoes correctly.

He said, “When he came out of the darkness which he had been thrown into in the last 21 years because of our poverty, we noticed that one of his biggest challenges now is wearing his shoes correctly.

“He’s still learning to do this just as he makes the adjustment to walk without any support.”

Edmond became blind at the age of three, and his father described his “cure” as one exceptional case of the impact of free medical outreach to 8,030 beneficiaries of the medical intervention offered by Senator Binos Yaroe, representing Adamawa Southern senatorial district in the National Assembly.

The motivation, according to the senator, for the intervention to the people of his constituency covering nine local government council, is to assist the poor who are unable to access healthcare, either due to affordability or the parlous state of health care delivery in his constituency.


Unable to conceal his joy, Humoshe recounted how poverty and his inability to fund a trip for a treatment at an eye centre in Kano confined his son to blindness for 21 years.

This was after several visits to the local health center in Kpasham, a village in Demsa local government area of Adamwa State, and the Numan General hospital, from where they were referred to the Specialist Eye Centre in Kano.

“But I am now happy, that he can now see,” Humoshe said.

He said, “I imagined that were it not for our poverty, my son would not have been blind as a child.

“Edmond is still learning to take his steps. You can see him still raising his hands up as he walks, thinking he still needs assistance, perhaps thinking he is still blind.”

Dr. Ugochukwu Anunwa, the ophthalmologist who treated Edmond, attributed his blindness to cataract of the cornea, adding that many corrective surgeries on Edmond and other patients revealed a prevalence of cataract of the cornea and advocated research to unearth the cause of its prevalence in the area.

Dr. Kalimu Wycliffe, leader of the medical consortium who said the free medical outreach was done with the collaboration of Soteria- Afrique Rural Health Care Initiative and the Christian Broadcasting Network, added that the target of the outreach, which was 8,000, has been exceeded.

“The target was 8,000, but we got 8,030, so we have even exceeded our set target,” Wycliffe said; adding that there were so many people who had lived with their health challenge for so many years, but their situations were addressed through the opportunity offered by the free medical outreach.

“There’s the case of this aged man with endometrial hernia who has been living with the ailment for more than 10 years, which had made him immobile.

“He was always in one place and had to be carried around.

“But we were able to remove it for him. When this man woke up, the first thing he said was, ‘Thank you, thank you very much . Tell Senator I am grateful.'”

Source: https://punchng.com/man-regains-sight-after-21-year-blindness-learns-to-walk-wear-shoes/

Can only imagine how happy he must be...God is great!

Good news... This is a commendable gesture by the Senator.

He for just remain blind

Because the bad things when Humans dey do when he go begin view from now on ehnnnn go make am regret why he regain he sight

Once there's is life there is hope, and one with God is majority.

All praise be to God for this miracle, Amen!

Jesus Christ of Nazareth is Lord!!!!!!!!

wow

Wow!!!
Glory be to God who is the permanent healer that used the doctors as tools.

Many deaths are also due to poverty.

Wonderful stuff. I hope he now goes on to do wonderful things with his life and inspires others. Delayed but not denied.

If na for east here one pastor for don claim d miracle sharp sharp

Now that's a good one from the Senator

Wonderful. Kudos to Thai senator.

God is not dead.

May your lost years be restored.

Ipob man cured him.

God punish poverty.

21 years of blindness, all because his father couldn't afford good medical care.

Thank God that is now history

Freemanbobble:
He for just remain blind

Because the bad things when Humans dey do when he go begin view from now on ehnnnn go make am regret why he regain he sight

Continue from where he stopped because you don see bad things tire..... Talking yeyerish.

valicious1:
If na for east here one pastor for don claim d miracle sharp sharp

An easterner did the operation yes or no, you must not be a pastor to do miracles, you heard the father of the young man call it a miracle right?

That's the greatest miracle one can receive.
Seeing light is life.
Glory be to God

Woow! Thank God!

Nice one from science and thanks to the senator that supported

Science can solve 80% percent of human problems religion can only solve less than 1%

Allahu Akbar!

BusinessHub1:
Can only imagine how happily he must be...God is great!

Happy*

Feel like crying. God bless the senator and the medical team. I am very happy.

Freemanbobble:
He for just remain blind

Because the bad things when Humans dey do when he go begin view from now on ehnnnn go make am regret why he regain he sight

If I am the guy, I will just pretend as if I am still blind so I can see evil parole that happens around me.

I wish Cobhams Asuquo can regain his too. I will be of the most happiest after him.

Freemanbobble:
He for just remain blind

Because the bad things when Humans dey do when he go begin view from now on ehnnnn go make am regret why he regain he sight

lol.dude,you are funny and wicked

IamSoProlific:
Once there's is life there is hope, and one with God is majority.

All praise be to God for this miracle, Amen!

Jesus Christ of Nazareth is Lord!!!!!!!!

hmmm,mention one thing god did in this issue.i think all the praises should go to the doctors!

Ciaos:
Continue from where he stopped because you don see bad things tire..... Talking yeyerish.

Na me give you problem?

So good news can still come from that North

See God!

oluwaseyi000:
Nice one from science and thanks to the senator that supported

Science can solve 80% percent of human problems religion can only solve less than 1%

pufffft! religion solves nothing,infact it brings more problems! notice that when religion booms,science fades; and when science shines,religion dies.

Mopolchi:
Allahu Akbar!

bros,shut the Bleep up! where the hell was allahu the past 21 years! better is: DOCTORS AKBAR!

Dr Ugochukwu Anunwa ...Igbo Amaka