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Eye Transplant Enables Blind Boy to See
Chris Gondek points to this story carried by the Sydney Morning Herald, excerpting: "A one-year-old Pakistani boy saw the world for the first time yesterday through an eye donated by an Indian. Mohammed Ahmed gained partial vision after a difficult operation at the Agarwal Eye Institute in the southern city of Madras. Doctors said Ahmed, who was born blind, would get near-normal sight by the time he heads back to Karachi next week."
They went to punch him in the face and when he flinched, they screamed "SUCCESS!"
"An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind." -- Gandhi
Oh, wait.
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A slow learner then, maybe?
Just kidding...
In the last 8 years of being a programmer my eye sight has gone from perfect to shithouse. I actually read this slashdot article title and it gave me hope - once my eyeballs fall out, I can just get new ones!
Though from the first few comments here looks like I shouldnt hold my breath. Better keep waiting for the video camera borg-eyes.
So there is an Eye in team afterall. :)
What do you think are the chances of ever seeing a complete eye transplant ? In 10 years ? 50 ? 100 ? Or maybe never at all ?
But I saw them do it in Minority Report, so it must already be possible!
After the eye transplant, the pakistani boy began to see the world... AS AN INDIAN WOULD. When he looked at the Kashmir territory, he saw Indian territory. The horror! With time the Indian cornea began to take over his entire body, and he began speaking in 18 different languages.
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I wonder if he'd get it if we sent him letters reading:
Dear Geordi,
Congratulations on your eyesight.
More power to the engines,
Captain Your Name Here
Would that make part of the boy an infidel?
I find this a wonderful use of technology where once a child would be born blind and never know the light of day or the site of a loved one never see the sky or joy of reading or seeing happiness in other peoples faces
Thanks to these indian doctor's now he can see porn instead!
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move along now
does he like what he sees?
I know you are psychotic, but please make an effort.
Afterwards, the doctors gave him two punches to the arm for "flinching like a wussy". Doctors can be so childish sometimes.
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I trust you did the right thing... and took him to a strip club immediately thereafter? :)
Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase 'trying to see the world through someone else's eyes.'