A Mumbai-based eye-surgeon operated a blind man from Lahore at an eye hospital in Sri Lanka’s Colombo earlier this month, making it an interesting instance of South Asian regional cooperation, reported TOI.
The incident happened when the Pakistani patient failed to get an Indian medical visa despite four months for following up by him and the eye surgeon, Dr Quresh Maskati, from Mumbai.
"As I was scheduled to go to Colombo for a conference, I approached Sri Lankan Medical Council for a licence to operate on the patient there and it agreed," said Dr Maskati.
He carried out the surgery with the help of local eye surgeon Dr Kusum Rathnayake in Colombo on September 13.
The told TOI that he could see his family, including his seven-year-old daughter for the first time in four years after returning home.
"While cleaning our attic, a bottle of alkaline solution broke and its content poured onto my head and face," said the 30-year-old. In the freak accident, his right eye was completely damaged and specialists performed corneal transplants twice on his left eye but both attempts failed.
"As his only hope was an artificial cornea, his local doctor got in touch with me," said Dr Maskati.
He met the patient when he visited Pakistan for a conference and felt an artificial cornea would work. Partial vision of the patient was restored within 48 hours of the operation.
The incident happened when the Pakistani patient failed to get an Indian medical visa despite four months for following up by him and the eye surgeon, Dr Quresh Maskati, from Mumbai.
"As I was scheduled to go to Colombo for a conference, I approached Sri Lankan Medical Council for a licence to operate on the patient there and it agreed," said Dr Maskati.
He carried out the surgery with the help of local eye surgeon Dr Kusum Rathnayake in Colombo on September 13.
The told TOI that he could see his family, including his seven-year-old daughter for the first time in four years after returning home.
"While cleaning our attic, a bottle of alkaline solution broke and its content poured onto my head and face," said the 30-year-old. In the freak accident, his right eye was completely damaged and specialists performed corneal transplants twice on his left eye but both attempts failed.
"As his only hope was an artificial cornea, his local doctor got in touch with me," said Dr Maskati.
He met the patient when he visited Pakistan for a conference and felt an artificial cornea would work. Partial vision of the patient was restored within 48 hours of the operation.
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