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Baljit Singh to start for home tomorrow

Baljit Singh will start for home tomorrow and the Sports Ministry is planning to get his cosmetic surgery done at a reputed institute like the AIIMS.

New Delhi: Having regained partial vision in his injured right eye after three surgeries in the United States, hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh will start for home tomorrow and the Sports Ministry is planning to get his cosmetic surgery done at a reputed institute like the AIIMS.
Baljit was sent to the US in August after a golf ball, with which he was practising in a Pune camp, sneaked through his visor and damaged the right eye.Having regained partial vision in his injured right eye after three surgeries in the United States, hockey goalkeeper Baljit Singh will start for home tomorrow and the Sports Ministry is planning to get his cosmetic surgery done at a reputed institute like the AIIMS.He underwent three surgeries in the US that restored his partial vision and the Sports Authority of India officials said the rest could be done easily at home. "We have sent him the ticket to return home after doctors there told us that he can now come back. We have achieved the best possible result and we are extremely happy that he has regained substantial vision in his damaged eye," Pravir Krishn, SAI Joint Secretary and Special Officer for Commonwealth Games, told reporters."The doctors in the US has made a special contact lens for him and all our efforts have borne fruit," he said Bureau Report