CORNEA TRANSPLANT Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of a cornea transplant in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for a cornea transplant in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If one eye is treated with a standard lens or technique, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if a specialised lens or graft is used, both eyes are treated or advanced equipment is needed.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for a cornea transplant, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• The lens, implant or graft
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A cornea transplant (keratoplasty) replaces damaged or diseased cornea, the clear window at the front of the eye, with healthy donor tissue to improve sight or relieve pain.

The NHS names keratoconus, corneal scarring from infection or injury, and Fuchs' dystrophy among the reasons for a transplant.

It describes full-thickness grafts (penetrating keratoplasty), DALK, which replaces the front layers, and endothelial keratoplasty, which replaces only the inner layer, and separate pages cover DALK and DSEK.

The NHS points out that sight can take up to about six months to recover after an inner-layer transplant, 18 months after an outer or middle-layer transplant and two years after a full-thickness graft, and the majority of people need about two weeks off work.

Steroid drops are used for a long time, and signs of rejection including redness, light sensitivity, blurred vision or pain need urgent care.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance puts the wait after surgery inside the eye at roughly a week, once the surgeon has examined the eye.

A Gurgaon quote for a cornea transplant is normally made up of these items:

• Measurements and eye scans: taken ahead of the operation.
• Lens, implant or graft: a standard or a premium choice.
• Eye surgeon's fee: which varies between centres.
• Type: full or partial thickness.
• Donor tissue: from an eye bank.
• Anaesthesia: local, sedation or general.
• Drops and follow-up: for months.

Eye surgery estimates in Gurgaon commonly list donor tissue, surgeon, theatre, medicines and follow-up appointments separately, so compare like with like.

Eye care in Gurgaon is offered by hospital ophthalmology departments and by dedicated eye hospitals with separate clinics for cataract, cornea, glaucoma and retina.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Gurgaon was officially renamed Gurugram by the Haryana government in 2016, so hospital letters, maps and taxi apps may use either name.