Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital Chennai Performs World’s First Innovative Surgery, Restores Vision to Completely Blind Mumbai Gynaecologist
Chennai, February 18, 2026: In a remarkable medical breakthrough, Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital has restored vision to a 44-year-old gynaecologist from Mumbai who had become completely blind in both eyes following nearly a decade of progressive vision loss due to severe glaucoma and multiple refractory intraocular pathologies. (L to R) Dr Manoj Khatri, Clinical Lead and Head, Department of Vitreo Retina; Dr Soosan Jacob, Director and Chief – Dr Agarwal’s Refractive and Cornea Foundation (DARCF); Dr Soundari S, Regional Head – Clinical Services, Chennai In what is described as a first-of-its-kind surgical intervention globally, the hospital’s surgical team performed an advanced 5F-ISHF intraocular lens (IOL) implantation technique to address the patient’s highly complex ocular condition. The procedure involved removing a malpositioned artificial intraocular lens in her left eye, performing optical penetrating keratoplasty (OPK), applying the novel 5F scleral fixation technique, an...