Successful cornea transplant in PIMS

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Udaipur: Doctors at the Pacific Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Hospital, Umr da , have successfully operated the Cornea transplant of the 14-year-old girl.
Chairman Ashish Agrawal said that cornea had been damaged due to infection from ka psan. She was brought to PIMS. Eye specialists Dr. Rishendra Singh, Dr. Charita Meena and Dr.R uchiTaiti transplanted the cornea by operation. Due to the poor economic condition of the family, she was treated free
It is worth mentioning that the number of patients with blindness in cornea in India is highest after cataract. The posthumous of such patients are implanted in the form of eye-dolly cornea.
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