Doctors healing blind in Indonesia

In this Nov. 13, 2012 photo, 20-year-old patient Ayu Pratiwi -- who has been blind since she was 10 -- lies on a bed as she waits for her cataract surgery at Putri Hijau military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesians flocked to the hospital for free cataract surgery performed by a team led by Nepalese master surgeon Dr. Sanduk Ruit, who is renowned for his high-volume assembly-line approach. During the eight-day eye camps held in two towns in North Sumatra, more than 1,400 cataracts were removed.

In this Nov. 3, 2012, photo, a patient is assisted to walk by a volunteer after her cataract surgery as others wait their turns at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012, photo, an elderly woman has her eyes covered with plastic caps to protect them from dust before leaving a military hospital where she had her cataract surgery in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012 photo, patients wait for their eye patches to be removed after their cataract surgery at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012 photo, a young patient has a weight put on his eye after receiving local anesthesia prior to his cataract surgery at Putri Hijau military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 9, 2012 photo, patients wait to have cataract surgery at Putri Hijau military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 9, 2012 photo, a patient Rama Chandra lies on a bed with a weight put on his eye after receiving local anesthesia prior to his cataract surgery at Putri Hijau military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 9, 2012, photo, an elderly woman waits for eye patches to be removed following her cataract surgery at Putri Hijau military hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012, photo, 89-year-old Kadir Hasibuan reacts as a volunteer encourages him to count after his eye patches were removed following his cataract surgery at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012, photo, a patient lies on a makeshift hospital bed for a cataract surgery performed by Dr. Sanduk Ruit, at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012 photo, a patient reacts after Dr. Sanduk Ruit, right, removed her eye patches following her cataract surgery at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 3, 2012 photo, a volunteer examines the eye of a patient prior to her cataract surgery at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012 photo, patients are seen through a window as they wait for cataract surgery at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012, photo, 70-year-old Maskut reaches to touch the nose of Dr. Sanduk Ruit, right, to prove that he can see after his eye patches were removed following his cataract surgery the night before at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In this Nov. 4, 2012, photo, patients are assisted by their family members as they arrive to get cataract surgery at a military hospital in Padang Sidempuan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.