Corneas from Sri Lanka transplanted to 12 patients around China
( Xinhua )
Updated: 2014-12-01
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Patient Qiu Baozhu is about to discharge from hospital after receiving the cornea transplant operation at the Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 27, 2014. A total of 10 corneas, presented by Sri Lanka as a gift to Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan during their state visit there in September this year, arrived at Xiamen Eye Center of Xiamen University on Nov. 20. Up to Nov. 25, all the corneas had been transplanted successfully to 12 patients around China. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
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