'World seems brighter', says patient in UAE corneal transplant first

The world has become a brighter place for a 74-year-old Jordanian man who underwent the UAE's first corneal transplant using locally-sourced tissue.Similar procedures have been performed previously in the UAE, but using imported donor tissue from outside the country.Donor tissue was provided by Abu Dhabi Biobank, with surgical expertise from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, to repair the sight of Yaseen Abdel Majid Alabdalat. He had suffered…



