Over the past week, a total of 16 corneal transplants were conducted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by a team of visiting specialists from the US-based Subraj Foundation.
The team, headed by Dr Rahul Jindal, has been visiting Guyana since 2008 and already has a record of completing 26 kidney transplants, while facilitating the completion of 41 corneal transplants at GPHC since 2015. According to information provided, around 70% of the patients who have benefited from the transplants to date have been doing fairly well with clear corneas post-transplants.
