This baby from Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, born to underprivileged parents who eke out a living as fruitsellers, developed a severe form of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a blinding disease affecting preterm babies. As Laser and Intraocular injections did not suffice, it underwent lens sparing vitrectomy in both the eyes under general anaesthesia at Radhatri Nethralaya. […]
