Muscat: The National Organ Transplant Programme seeks to localize corneal transplant services in the Sultanate of Oman by setting up an eye bank for collecting and preserving corneas from donors to achieve self-sufficiency and provide the service in all governorates. A total of 115 corneal transplants have been performed so far.
A team from the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Military Medical City, visited corneal banks in the United States to study the establishment of a national bank in the Sultanate of Oman for collecting and preserving corneas.
The programme to restart corneal transplant operations is aimed at localizing the service and achieving self-sufficiency in corneal tissue by national cadres experienced in corneal transplants and eye surgeries in general.
The Ministry of Health strives to develop the health system in the Sultanate of Oman, reduce the need to send patients abroad for treatment and save time and effort. In this context, the necessary requirements for restarting corneal transplant surgeries have already been identified and agreements signed with international eye banks to supply corneas to ensure the continuity of corneal transplant operations in the Sultanate of Oman.
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