{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Nepal Episodes, Chapter One: By Hand or by Machine?","description":"When it comes to surgery, is "technologically advanced" always superior? Last summer, Chloe Sales (MS3) had the opportunity to explore this question in Kathmandu, Nepal, at the world-renowned Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology \u2013 whose doctors pioneered the use of a low-cost, low-tech procedure that's saved the vision of countless patients.    In the first of three "Nepal Episodes," Chloe chats with UCSF ophthalmologists Neeti Parikh, MD and Madeline Yung, MD, about their experience in Nepal \u2013 including training in this surgical technique and expanding access to it in California. Chloe also chats with Nabin Kumar Rai, Director of Programs at Tilganga Institute, about lessons they can learn from each other.   Music by Podington Bear, licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0.     ","author_name":"The Spark","author_url":"http:\/\/meded.ucsf.edu\/","html":"