Helping patients who lose sight to see through new eyes

Born with microphthalmia, Claire Lim receives a new eye prosthesis once every five years. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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SINGAPORE - Cheerful, bubbly and with a love for the playground, 10-year-old Claire Lim is like any other child but for one difference - her left "eye" occasionally drops out.

She then takes it home to let her parents pop it back into her eye socket.

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