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Dr. Ashvin Agarwal Executive Director, Dr Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospital highlighted some examples of eye patients suffering from increased morbidity due to delay in seeking treatment. An old person who delayed his cataract surgery after a few months suffered high eye pressure and partial loss of vision. An elderly woman’s poor overall health condition led to bilateral corneal infection and eventual loss of vision in both eyes. A patient with vision only in one eye had a cornea transplant done earlier. He developed an eye infection and could not see an eye doctor due to the lockdown. He is now blind in both eyes and awaiting a repeat cornea transplant. We also saw the case of a young woman who had earlier undergone corneal transplant develop graft rejection and graft failure due to lack of timely eye treatment.
