MADURAI: Doctors in Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai successfully performed an emergency surgical procedure to remove a fishing hook that penetrated the left eye of a four-year-old girl and restored her vision.
As a press release from GRH said the patient, who was referred from Government Sivaganga Medical College Hospital to the department of ophthalmology in GRH, had sustained injury on her left eye while playing with a fish rod. The fishing hook penetrated into the eye causing a sudden drop in vision.
The girl's left eye was swollen and severely injured with the fish hook dangling from the torn ocular tissues. An emergency surgery was immediately conducted under the team of anaesthetists led by Dr Selvakumar and Dr U Vijayashanmugam, head, department of ophthalmology. The fishing hook was removed completely from the eye and the damaged ocular tissues were carefully repaired so as to save the child's eye.
Post the surgery, the girl recovered her normal vision much to the relief and joy of parents. GRH dean Dr J Sangumani lauded the efforts of the doctors for their quick and timely intervention.