“I am very comfortable in India,” was the cryptic remark from Prime Minister of Mauritius Anerood Jugnauth, to the assembled media persons, after he walked out of the Maxivision Super Speciality Eye Hospitals, here on Thursday.
The Prime Minister underwent a successful Cataract and Glaucoma surgery performed by chief surgeon Kasu Prasad Reddy and his team last Sunday and changed his mind about addressing a press conference. “He decided not to talk as he considered it to be a private visit and devoid of any protocol,” said Dr. Reddy.
The doctor said Mr. Jugnauth had chosen Hyderabad and this hospital for surgery of both eyes where a combination of four technologies including the ‘Victus Femtosecond Laser’ where he had done primary prototype research work were utilised for the operation.
“The procedure was complicated because of the twin condition of angle closure Glaucoma and cataracts in both eyes. Pupils had to be dilated, laser was used and special machine to deduce the vision power was used for the procedure which took about two hours in total,” he said.
The right eye had an advanced Glaucoma and the patient did not have to stay in the hospital as the operations took half hour for each eye, he said and advised people above the age group of more than 30 years to go for a periodic check up of eyes for Glaucoma as “it was a silent disease which can seen by an ophthalmologist,” said Dr. Reddy.
Glaucoma was a genetic trait and treatment means maintaining the pressure in the eyes and post-operation it can be stabilised with the help of eye drops, said Dr. Reddy and warned against indiscriminate usage of eye-drops without the doctors prescription as it could lead to usage of steroids unwittingly.
