Prof Francisco Figueiredo, the consultant ophthalmologist at Newcastle Eye Centre who treated Laskey, said: “Amnion is widely used for a variety of ocular surface problems, and it is incredible to think that this is possible due to the generosity of a mother, donating the organ that she has grown to help grow her child.
Paul Laskey now has chance to recover vision in left eye after three amniotic tissue grafts.
A man whose left eye was “melted” during an acid attack has thanked the woman who donated her placenta, giving him the chance to recover his sight.
Claire Price, the national retrieval manager at NHS Blood and Transplant tissue and eye services, said: “Amnion grafts are very special things indeed.
Laskey, a plumbing and heating engineer, said: “I was told from day one that it wasn’t about saving the sight, it was about saving the eye, and then we can work on that.”.
