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A comment on A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive Material (2016). Parent comment

Re:A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive ... by mschaef on Saturday February 23, 2019 @01:32PM (#19234746)
That part of the story made me wonder why the cataracts haven't been treated. There are relatively low-risk and well-understood treatments for cataracts that do a very good job restoring vision.
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Re:A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive ... by v_lisivka on Sunday February 24, 2019 @09:11AM (#19238606)
It looks like he treated his cataracts, because he wears glasses on his 2016 selfie at his page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013326305771 .
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Re:A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive ... by sandwall on Saturday February 23, 2019 @03:43PM (#19235353)
Easy procedure for an individual with insurance in the US or EU, is the same true for Eastern Europe? IDK
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Re:A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive ... by toyg on Saturday February 23, 2019 @03:58PM (#19235433)
Cost? The URSS was already declining by then, and Ukraine was “born poor” in many ways. A procedure might well be safe and effective, but if the local health service can’t afford to do it thousands of times, they will just ignore it.
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Re:A Famous Photo of Chernobyl’s Most Dangerous Radioactive ... by gdy on Saturday February 23, 2019 @04:45PM (#19235653)
Not sure where he lives, but in Russia this surgery is covered by mandatory medical insurance.
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