Complicated Eye Surgery on Pakistani Girl Links Goodwill Across Borders
A complicated eye surgery performed recently at the Rajan Eye Care Hospital has become yet another reinforcement of the bond of "love and friendship" between India and Pakistan.
This was how Mohan Rajan, Medical Director of Rajan Eye Care Hospital, described the operation on eight-year-old Umme Kulsoom from Pakistan with a congenital condition called ptosis.
The condition was complicated by the presence of a rare phenomenon called `Marcus Gunn Jaw winking sign'.
The overall incidence of ptosis is between one and 10 of 1,40,000 of the population, only 50 per cent of which manifests as congenital ptosis.
The child had a total drooping of an eyelid, which involuntarily opened and closed while eating or speaking.
This is the second Pakistani child treated by the team, including C. Senthil Nathan, consultant oculoplastic surgeon and a team of anaesthetists. Last year, Faizan Waqas of Pakistan had a similar procedure.
The present operation which would cost around 3,000 Pounds in the United Kingdom and Rs.60,000 to Rs.80,000 in India, was done free of cost as a goodwill gesture. According to Umme Kulsoom's father Abdul Rasheed, the child had been suffering from the defect for eight years and reluctant to interact with friends owing to the abnormality.
There was a full co-operation from the Indian High Commission in Pakistan regarding the visa and other formalities for the visit to India.
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