New Delhi: Muzaffarnagar acid attack victim Isha, whose left eye was severely damaged, has regained her vision after a successful surgery. The 23-year-old teacher was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday and she wants to go back to her job as soon as possible. Isha and her three sisters, all teachers, were attacked by two motorcycle-borne men who threw acid on them on April 2, 2013 while they were returning from Hindu Inter-College in Kandhal after completing their duty in UP board exams.
She was flown to the hospital in Delhi, which later offered to treat her free of cost, on the day of the attack itself as she had her left eye cornea seriously damaged. "The society should change its attitude towards women. I pray to the God that what happened to me, should not happen to anyone. When I came to this hospital, I was very scared and tensed that I may not be able to see whole of my life. It was all so dark. "Now I will join my teaching job soon. My students of class 6,7 and 8 whom I teach have been praying for my fast recovery and quick return. I want to meet them," she said.
Her elder sister Jahan Araa said, "She will take some time to gain confidence." Doctors said performance of amniotic membrane transplantation helped bring a substantial part of her eyesight. Dr AK Grover, Chairman, Department of Opthalmology, said the amniotic membrane was obtained from
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New Delhi: A 23-year-old teacher may lose her eyesight after an acid attack in Shamli in Uttar Pradesh. Doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, where the teacher has been brought for treatment, said that the maximum injury has been caused to her eyes as the acid was not washed properly and immediately. The woman's s left eye cornea has been severely damaged even as the doctors performed one surgery....
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New Delhi: In a first-of-its-kind surgery in India, doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital operated upon a 46-day-old baby to recreate half of her heart, giving her a normal life she would have otherwise missed, medical officials said on Thursday. A look at six-month-old Isha (name changed) does not indicate any abnormality with her, but the baby has had an open heart surgery to rectify her underdeveloped heart. The...
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New Delhi: The condition of former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who is suffering from lung infection, continues to be critical on Thursday. "Mansur Ali Khan continues to remain critically ill in the ICU. He is on very high level of oxygen support requiring intermittent Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BIPAP). He is conscious and his cardiac function remains stable. He is being monitored very closely," a bulletin issued...
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A 28-year-old man is set to lead a normal life again after a Delhi hospital successfully reattached his amputated penis. ...
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