SRINAGAR: A team of three doctors from an eye hospital in Mumbai has conducted 46 eye surgeries in three days on the youth who received injuries due to the use of pellet guns by security forces during clashes in Kashmir over the past three weeks.
“In all, 58 such surgeries have been conducted in the last few days, including 46 by the team led by Dr S Natarajan in the last three days,” said an official spokesman after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s interaction with the team of opthalmologists from Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai.
Head of the opthalmology department in GMC, Srinagar Dr Tariq Qureshi said five operation theatres were only dealing with eye surgeries.
The team from Mumbai, which also comprised Dr Syed Asgar Hussain and Dr Marwah, appreciated the treatment protocol undertaken by the faculty of opthalmology at SMHS Hospital, Srinagar. (AGENCIES)
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