Sight of girl who lost vision in acid attack restored employing new technique
RAWALPINDI (August 27)
A team of highly skilled doctors and surgeons has left for Mauritius to treat patients with eye and sight disorders.
The team is led by Prof. Dr. Wajid Ali Khan, Chief Consultant and Dean of Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital which will remain there for one week to serve the ailing humanity and conduct cornea transplant and vitro retinal surgery free of cost.
This will be the sixth mission sent to the friendly country by Al Shifa Hospital on the request of Ministry of Health and Quality of Life of Mauritius.
Dr. Wajid Ali Khan, the team leader, is a world renowned eye surgeon who has been awarded “Sitara-i-Imtiaz” by the Government of Pakistan and many foreign institutions have acknowledged his contribution.
He recently drew world attention by employing a new technique on a girl to restore her sight which she lost in an acid attack.
It may be mentioned that after realising the positive impact of Al Shifa teams on the lives of people with eye disorders, the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life of Mauritius entered into a long term collaborative agreement with the hospital to facilitate regular visits of doctors and transfer of patients with complicated cases to Pakistan.
The agreement also includes training and capacity building of Mauritian doctors and paramedical staff.
Latest figures released by the Mauritian health authorities reveal that one person in three suffers from diabetes mellitus (or sugar diabetes), which means that the level of glucose in their blood is abnormally high.
This causes blood vessels in the body to become fragile and liable to rupture. When this occurs in the retinal blood vessels, visual impairment may result which is called diabetic retinopathy.
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