Surgery ‘transforms life’ of partially blind Filipino mum

Modernising science and technology in the field of Oculoplastic Surgery and the need to provide all the necessary social and logistical support, to everyone suffering from illnesses leading to the provision of artificial eyes, come in focus as two globalresearch papershave pinpointed thataside from increasing aging populations, affected as well are those who have been subjected to ac- cidents or trauma.

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Over at the Medcare Hospital in Sharjah, successfully operated on for her customised prosthetic eye, was 42-year-old healthcare assistant Jovi Jacao from the Philippines.

Medical records revealed that Jacao had been carrying on with her life, particularly her duties and responsibilities as a mother of two, with partial vision only.

It was an aftermath of a child's play at age seven whereby a stick unintentionally penetrated through and pulled out her left eyeball “after 35 years, the surgery has transformed my life in ways | never imagined. Itis a fresh start. | can now smile, socialise and live without fear,”

Jacao said.

Overall in-charge of the socket reconstruction, applying the Dermis Fat Graft, was Dr. Fairooz P. Manjandavida.

Pre-operation, Jacao went through a comprehensive clinical evaluation for the assessment of her condition for the implementation of a proper personalised treatment plan; orbital scan for the precise structure of what is left of her left eye socket “routine pre-operative fitness assessments.”