Sri Lanka Donates more than 35,000 Eyes but Pakistan Remains Blind
First cornea transplant in Pakistan was donated by Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has so far donated more than 83,000 eyes worldwide, 40% of which were donated to Pakistan. Since 1967, Sri Lankans have donated more than 35,000 eyes to Pakistani citizens, of which about 30,000 Only Karachi citizens have been donated.
According to details, Dr. Niaz Ahmad Brohi, Medical Superintendent of Spencer Eye Hospital and a member of the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society, an ophthalmologist, revealed that the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society has donated eyes to more than 35,000 blind Pakistanis since 1967. Are and this series is still going on.
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Ophthalmologist Dr. Niaz Ahmad Brohi said that the first corneal transplant in Pakistan was performed by Dr. MH Rizvi at Spencer Eye Hospital which was donated by Sri Lanka.
On the other hand, PML-N and National Assembly member Khawaja Asif in their message on the popular social networking website Twitter, expressing deep sorrow over the Sialkot tragedy, said that the country which gave us eyes, but we are still blind. Pakistan is a major recipient of eye donations from Sri Lankan citizens, but we are blind to the thousands of eyes.
