Reply to "Overseas-based team to conduct corneal transplants at GPHC"

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Originally Posted by Demerara_Guy:

The team will be bringing the donor corneas with them along with special microsurgical ophthalmic instruments to perform these surgeries. The visiting Corneal Specialists will work along with local Ophthalmologists to perform the surgeries.

The team is also interested in lobbying for the establishment of an Eye Bank in Guyana from where donor corneas can be stored and kept for transplantation. These donor corneas are taken from cadavers. They have to be stored in a special liquid medium and can survive for a limited period of time.

Overseas-based team to conduct corneal transplants at GPHC, June 27, 2015 | By KNews | Filed Under News, Source

6/27/152:27 PM

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