Iraqi girl’s vision restored

Chennai: Doctors in the city have restored the eyesight of a 11-year-old child from Iraq, affected by cataract and inflation in the eye.

Doctors claimed that the child lost her vision due to the side-effects caused by taking medicine for juvenile arthritis.

Doctors said they were able to effectively resolve the case using a glued introcular lens.

“We have planted a lens inside the eye and glued it and while performing the operation we are sure that if any failure will result in irreparable loss and there is no second chance in such cases.

The patient was further suffering from juvenile arthritis which has resulted in weakening of bones,” said Dr Amar Agarwal, CMD, Agarwal group of eye hospitals.

The 45-minute operation was first performed on one eye and carried on to another after assessing the outcome.

“The case was pretty challenging as the patient was having pigeon test and we had to give the patient anaesthesia which proved crucial. However, the operation was successful due to the great will power of the patient,” he added.