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Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) 30 minutes ago Wed 19th December 2018 | 10:55 PM
Spencer Eye Hospital of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is going to resume corneal transplantation after a gap of 12 years for which work has been begun and the department for corneal transplantation would be reopened within a week.
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Dec, 2018 ) :Spencer Eye Hospital of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is going to resume corneal transplantation after a gap of 12 years for which work has been begun and the department for corneal transplantation would be reopened within a week.
This was stated by Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar in a meeting with a three-member delegation of Lions Club International called on him here at his office on Wednesday, said a statement.
Council Chairman Abdul Karim led the delegation comprising Arshad Salam and Abdul Rehman Alana.
The delegation informed that their club imported cornea from Sri Lanka which incur expenditure of $ 350 and the corneal transplantation comes to around Rs 70,000.
In the past Spencer Eyed Hospital was the biggest center of this work where more than 73,000 people have got this facility.
They offered provision of cornea from Sri Lanka, if KMC resumes this facility in the Spencer Hospital.
He said that the younger patients should be given preference in this facility. KMC will provide all possible cooperation and resources for this, he added.
In the first phase four patients will get corneal transplantation each month and for this agreement will be signed with Lions Club International.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/health/spencer-hospital-to-reopen-corneal-transplant-510992.html
Spencer Eye Hospital of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is going to resume corneal transplantation after a gap of 12 years for which work has been begun and the department for corneal transplantation would be reopened within a week.
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Dec, 2018 ) :Spencer Eye Hospital of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) is going to resume corneal transplantation after a gap of 12 years for which work has been begun and the department for corneal transplantation would be reopened within a week.
This was stated by Mayor Karachi Wasim Akhtar in a meeting with a three-member delegation of Lions Club International called on him here at his office on Wednesday, said a statement.
Council Chairman Abdul Karim led the delegation comprising Arshad Salam and Abdul Rehman Alana.
The delegation informed that their club imported cornea from Sri Lanka which incur expenditure of $ 350 and the corneal transplantation comes to around Rs 70,000.
In the past Spencer Eyed Hospital was the biggest center of this work where more than 73,000 people have got this facility.
They offered provision of cornea from Sri Lanka, if KMC resumes this facility in the Spencer Hospital.
He said that the younger patients should be given preference in this facility. KMC will provide all possible cooperation and resources for this, he added.
In the first phase four patients will get corneal transplantation each month and for this agreement will be signed with Lions Club International.
https://www.urdupoint.com/en/health/spencer-hospital-to-reopen-corneal-transplant-510992.html
