After a gap of 32 years, two corneal transplants were performed in Sringar, Kashmir, in April 2005 by a team of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. The transplants were done on a 17 year old girl and a 45 year old woman at a city hospital.

Corneal transplants were suspended in 1973 as fundamentalists pronounced that it was against Islamic law, but with the advent of organ transplants in many Islamic nations, the resistance to it has also dissipated.

Doctors said that patients in Kashmir would benefit immensely if eye banks were available locally with resources to promote eye donation. Otherwise, patients had to go to New Delhi or other places for eye problems requiring a corneal transplant, especially injuries.