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Cornea transplant at Lahore hospital lights up 3 blind boys’ world

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Hassan Hafeez
Hassan Hafeez
Hassan Hafeez is a young journalist associated with ARY News Lahore. As a special correspondent, he covers health, education, civil aviation, excise & taxation stories.

LAHORE: Three boys of varying ages have had their vision restored after successful cornea transplant surgeries at Lahore’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

This was the first time that cornea surgeries were successfully performed at the health facility.

Professor Huma Kayani performed the procedure on the three boys aged 14, 17 and 20 years.

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The United States (US) donated three corneas to the hospital’s Ophthalmology Department.

Professor Kayani said the deserving persons underwent the procedure free of cost.

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