Docs Work on Monk Who Glued Eyes Shut

Doctors have partially restored the sight of an 81-year-old Buddhist monk in Thailand who accidentally glued his eyes shut when he mistook a tube of superglue for eye drops.

The doctors at Angthong Hospital, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Bangkok, used a chemical solvent, acetone, to dissolve the glue in the monk's right eye, a hospital spokesman said, after a two-hour operation was completed.

"His eye is not damaged, the right eye can see clearly after the operation and the doctors said the left eye also is not damaged", the spokesman said.

The monk, Phra Khru Prapatworakhun, who is the abbot of a temple in Angthong, was to have his left eye operated on Thursday.

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