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As the family depart for hospital Billal gives his father Ismail a reassuring pat on the back

Erina and her parents, Ismail and Bilkis, on their way to the hospital

In the children's ward, Islamia Eye Hospital, drops are applied

On her way to the operating theatre

Waiting to go into the operating theatre

Preparing for the operation

Anaesthetised up upon the operating table

The operation begins

The operation is projected on a television monitor

After the operation, about to return to the ward

Erina's parents, Ismail and Bilkis, wait anxiously for their daughter to come out of the operating theatre

On the way back to the ward, Ismail clutches his daughter's cuddly toy

Back in the children’s ward, Bilkis comforts her daughter

Erina and her mother after the operation

Senior consultant Dr Mastura Khatun, right, tests Erina’s vision

Back at home, Ismail and Erina greet their visitors

Erina playing in the tenement yard

Ismail and Erina – and her new spectacles