The Georgetown Public Hospital in collaboration with a visiting medical faculty will soon conduct a number of corneal transplants.
Public Health Minister Dr George Norton said the hospital is currently assessing the patients who will benefit from the surgeries. He did not name the visiting medical team.
Corneal transplants become necessary when a person’s corneas no longer allow light to enter the eye accurately because of scarring or disease. During the transplant, a procedure called a keratoplasty, a portion of the cornea is removed and replaced with a