Al Nahdha Hospital kickstarts cornea transplant operations

A specialised medical team from Al Nahdha Hospital’s Ophthalmology Department on Tuesday performed the first cornea transplant surgery marking the restart of cornea transplant operations in Oman. Dr. Mohammed Majid Al Salmi, Head of the Ophthalmology Department at Al Nahdha Hospital, told Oman News Agency (ONA) that the surgery was conducted on a citizen who lost vision due to a bacterial infection of the cornea that resulted in opacity of the cornea.