APPNA Corneal Transplant Project has already restored sight to over 5000 Pakistani citizens who otherwise were destined to remain severely visually impaired or go blind. We have done over 5000 Cornea transplants so far.
Some have been victims of accidents while others have eye diseases leading to blindness. Corneal transplants have already been done free of cost for the recipients in cities such as Faisalabad, Lahore and Swat. More are planned in other cities such as Quetta and elsewhere.
Give the gift of sight. The following video describes the story of Umme Kulsoom now 23 years old. She wants to become a teacher but her education was cut short because of keratoconus or thinning of the cornea which assumes a conical shape instead of spherical. She dropped out of the 5th grade. Her father a poor farm labourer could not afford to pay for the required surgery. In the video we see Umme Kulsoom after her left eye surgery which was successful. She awaits corneal transplant to the other eye.
In the comments section please write in your preferences e.g. which city and its surrounding areas you wish to have recipients chosen from.
We started this project in April 2017So far we have sent 5,609 corneas to Pakistan.Currently we send corneas to the following hospitals.Sindh1. LRBT hospital Karachi2. Civil Hospital Karachi3. Pakistan Eye Bank society hospital Karachi4.Clifton eye centerKarachi5. SIUT hospital Karachi. Hyderabad1.Sindh Institute of visual sciencesGambat SindhBalauchistan1.Lrbt Quetta2.CMH Quetta3. Bolan medical University hospitalBaltistan1.SkarduKPK1Hayatabad Medical complex2.Khyber Teaching hospitalLady 3.Reading hospitalKuwait hospital4.SwatSaidu Hospital5.Eye Welfare HospitalMingora SwatPunjabLahore1. Mayo Hospital2. Lrbt hospital3. Alehsaan hospital4. Mughal Eye Hospital5. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital6. Bahria HospitalSahiwal1.Sahiwal Medical.CollegeMultan1.Nishtar University and HospitalBahawalpur1.Lady Victoria HospitalRahim Yar Khan1.Sheikh Zayed HospitalFaisalabad1.Medinah Foundation and teaching hospital2.Allied HospitalGujranwala1.DHQ HospitalSargodah1.DHQ HospitalSialkot1.Khawaja Safdar HospitalRawalpindi1.Al Shifa hospital2.Holy Family Hospital3. Armed Forces Institute of Opthalmology
Islamabad1.Pakistan Institute of medical sciences
AfghanistanNoor Eye Hospital KabulJalalabad Eye Hospital
Each Cornea cost $350. Please donate generously
