Helping patients who lose sight to see through new eyes

Eye prostheses boost their self-confidence and enable them to lead lives normally

National University Hospital ocularist Suriya Abu Waled checking Claire Lim's eye prosthesis at her clinic in the NUH Medical Centre last Friday. Claire, 10, was born with one eye abnormally small and dysfunctional.
National University Hospital ocularist Suriya Abu Waled checking Claire Lim's eye prosthesis at her clinic in the NUH Medical Centre last Friday. Claire, 10, was born with one eye abnormally small and dysfunctional. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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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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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on December 21, 2020, with the headline Helping patients who lose sight to see through new eyes. Subscribe