Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai restores sight to 83 year-old patient
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Dr Irfan Khan[/caption]
A team from Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai has successfully treated an elderly patient from Saudi Arabia, restoring the patient’s sight in one eye after he spent 18 months with no sight in either eye. 83 year-old Mr Hassan Al Shaikh Ahmad is now mobile and independent again, after a series of procedures performed in Dubai by Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khan, consultant ophthalmologist with a special interest in strabismus and cataract.
http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/news/moorfields-eye-hospital-dubai-restores-sight-83-year-old-patient
Dr Irfan Khan[/caption]
A team from Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai has successfully treated an elderly patient from Saudi Arabia, restoring the patient’s sight in one eye after he spent 18 months with no sight in either eye. 83 year-old Mr Hassan Al Shaikh Ahmad is now mobile and independent again, after a series of procedures performed in Dubai by Dr. Muhammad Irfan Khan, consultant ophthalmologist with a special interest in strabismus and cataract.
http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/news/moorfields-eye-hospital-dubai-restores-sight-83-year-old-patient
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