For control advice except the doctor and patient is also a translator. Reception at the ophthalmologist today is in three languages: Russian, Chinese and English. Guests from China all with a diagnosis of keratoconus. A group of tourists-patients has the distinction of wearing glasses or lenses.

Wang Yan: "This disease I had about 7 years ago after a domestic injury. I noticed that vision was deteriorating sharply. The doctor gave me a pair of glasses after I wore hard contact lenses, but vision still worsened, the disease progressed. And recently from a friend I heard that in Ufa there is a effective method that helps in keratoconus".

From this disease suffer every thousandth inhabitant of the planet. The diagnosis is often made before the age of the patient, up to 30 years has been developing heavy phase. In keratoconus the cornea becomes thinner and is spherical shape it as it starts to elongate into a cone. Deteriorating vision, seeing double. In the capital of Bashkortostan, the problem is solved in 10 minutes – that's how long operation. During this time the patient's eyesinsert a special ring "Mooring", which fixes the cornea.

Emin Usubov, head of the laboratory of transplantation surgery of the anterior eye segment of the Ufa research Institute of eye diseases: "It is a progressive disease that can lead to the need of cornea transplantation, which is expensive and risky".

We've learned that technology of China ahead of the whole planet. That's just a clear look at the world in this time has helped ophthalmologists from Ufa. According to experts, in many countries is not carried out surgeries for treatment of keratoconus is primarily due to the lack of equipment. Only when the laser sight is guaranteed to be restored. In Ufa the technique came 8 years ago, when the Bashkir surgeons exchanged experiences with the Austrian.

Modern equipment brought from abroad. Operation in all senses goes with Swiss precision. A thin cut in the cornea made using a femtosecond laser.

This year at the Institute of eye diseases put a record. Increasingly, patients are coming from China. For the year operated 30 people in China. Six months ago on the operating table was Mao Yuanming. About finding the cure, he wrote in his blog.

Mao Yuanming: "I compared the before surgery many clinics. Now a few months later, I have perfect vision and I don't need glasses."