TIRANA, March 3 /ATA/ – Surgeons at regional hospital in the coastal city of Vlora have successfully performed a vitrectomy procedure to treat severe pathologies of the retina of the eye.
The Minister of Health and Social Protection Albana Koçiu said in a post on the social media on Monday that the first vitrectomy procedures are now being performed at public hospitals across Albania.
“First procedures to treat serious pathologies of the retina of the eye, including corpus vitreum vitreoretinal hemorrhage, have been performed at Vlora regional hospital,” Koçiu said.
According to her, “this is an important step for ophthalmology in southern Albania, bringing specialized treatments closer to patients.”
Health Minister expressed gratitude to the team of surgeons and medical staff for successfully performing the procedure.
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