4-yr-old Yemeni girl cured of rare eye disorder

A four-year-old girl from Yemen was cured of a rare eye disorder by doctors in the city.

The girl, Lara Waleed, was treated and cured of “corneo lenticular adhesion syndrome”.

According to doctors who treated her, the birth defect, where the eye has not developed completely, is extremely rare and occurs only one in a million. “The girl also had cataract which obstructed her vision,” said Dr Bindiya Hapani, cataract surgeon and medical retina expert, Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital.

She added that the surgery, which lasted four hours, involved removing the cataract and rectifying the eye disorder. The girl has started gaining vision which will improve gradually, she said. Lara’s mother said, “The last four years have been frustrating. We are mentally and physically drained. Coming to India was our last resort.” Dr Ravi D, director of the hospital said they have never come across such a condition.