In lieu with the hospital’s vision to move quality eye care beyond the continents, Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital has brought to Ghana the first ever “Keratoprothesis”. This is a surgical procedure where a diseased cornea is replaced with an artificial cornea. Traditionally, keratoprosthesis is recommended after a person has had a failure of one or more donor corneal transplants.

This is the first time in history this kind of eye surgery is coming to Ghana with the best ever medical set-up being done by the best eye surgeons at Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, restoring partial to complete eyesight among special cases that has not been able to rectify. Being the first and the leader in this new technology, an ultra morden state-of-the-art theatre and equipment have been brought down to assist the surgeons treat these eye problems and many more in Ghana.

Rhoda, a 39 year old woman came to Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital with complaints about loss of vision in both eyes. She had developed Steven Johnson Syndrome following intake of anti-malarial drugs.
Vision on presentation was had movement close to face.

Right  Eye- Keratoprosthesis 28/05/2017

Left Eye - Keratoprosthesis  11/12/2016
Immediately after the surgery, her vision was very clear and she could see her children for the first time since their birth due to one surgery.

Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital is mostly focused on giving the average Ghanaian the best eye care treatment to eradicate near blindness cases amongst Ghanaians in Ghana at very affordable rates as part of its social responsibility.

Looking at the high rate of eye problems facing Ghanaians with a high  percentage being blind, this new technology and first of its kind is going to improve and curb the problem of blindness and other eye related issues in Ghana, thereby making Ghana and other nations, a blind-free country.

About Dr.Agarwal’s Eye Hospital:

Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, a comprehensive eye hospital offering a one-stop solution for eye ailments, was started in the year 1957. Now the hospital is in its 67th year of offering quality services in eye care. It has 15 branches in Chennai and a visible footprint in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Andaman and Rajasthan. A tertiary eye care centre at Mauritius marks its first step towards establishing an international presence extended up to 16 branches covering the Indian Ocean region, African countries and East Asia.

The hospital has received various awards for its inventions and services. In March 2006, the late Dr. J Agarwal, Founder-Chairman, was awarded Padma Bhushan by the former President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam for his dedicated services to the poor and downtrodden. The hospital received visibility in the global arena for its inventions - Micro-Phakonit (Cataract surgery with 0.7 mm size incision) in 1999 and ‘Glued Intraocular Lens Implant’ performed on a 4 year old girl in January 2008 by Prof. Amar Agarwal. In February 2009, the world's first Anterior Segment Eye Transplant Surgery was performed on a 4 month old child to treat corneal disorder. In November 2013, for the first time in the World, Dr.Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, Chennai, transplanted a one year old donor cornea giving a new lease of sight to a 60 year old man through the new technique PDEK (Pre Descemet’s Endothelial Keratoplasty).