Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 5: Taking a step forward in providing state of art health services to the people of J&K and adjoining areas, Dr Ashok Sharma along with his team performed three corneal transplant surgeries today in GMC Jammu on 78 years old male patient with Adherent leucomatous corneal opacity with cataractous lens left eye, and on 80 years male patient with pseudophakic bullous keratopathy left eye and on 75 years male patient with pseudophakic bullous keratopathy right eye.
It is important to mention here that GMC has already become competent with availability of trained and skilled staff to perform corneal transplant for which otherwise patients had to move outside our State.
Dr Sunanda Raina, Principal GMC Jammu congratulated the team and said that she stands committed to take this institute to excellence as far clinical services and academics are concerned.
HoD Opthalmology Dr Dinesh Gupta said that infrastructure of eye bank is already ready and “we shall soon be in position after JKMSCl provide us requisite equipments to make corneal transplant a regular surgical affair.”
Efforts are and shall be done for the awareness of general public in this regard so that they can also avail such services, he added.
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