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Grateful patient supports Warwick Hospital after doctors save his sight

Leamington Editorial 8th Dec, 2016   0

A GRATEFUL fund-raiser is bringing some clarity to patients suffering with eyesight problems at Warwick Hospital.

Nigel Daniel has raised £10,000 to buy a hi-tech laser to say thank you to hospital staff for restoring his sight.

The 58 year-old from Coventry was referred to the Machen Eye Unit last year suffering with a detached retina.

The next morning surgeon Chris Baddon reconstructed the eye.




But the operation did not go smoothly due to a childhood injury, when the businessman’s eye was slit open by a ruler when aged 11.

In the years which followed the classroom accident he had difficulty with his sight, with scar tissue causing a cataract to form and the need for a false lens to be fitted.


It means Mr Daniel has required treatment on a weekly basis.

But following the surgery his eyesight is now the best it has ever been.

To thank the staff he took on the Three Lakes Challenge – kayaking 25 miles across Loch Awe, 11 miles across Windermere and seven miles on Bala Lake in Wales.

Mr Daniel said: “I haven’t kayaked since my mid-twenties so we trained all summer for the challenge and even then it wasn’t easy.

“With 30mph winds and 4ft waves I think we were the only people on Bala Lake.

“I’m really glad that we were able to complete it because I wanted to raise this money to say thank you to the staff at the eye unit. I have had issues with my eye for most of my life so their skill has had a real positive impact on me.

“I also want to thank all of my business colleagues and friends who supported my fundraising with donations. Their generosity has helped to buy a piece of equipment which will hopefully benefit other eye unit patients in future”.

And surgeon Mr Baddon says the gift will be a big help for future patients.

He said: “On behalf of the Machen Eye Unit and our patients, we would like to thank Mr Daniel and his donors for their kindness and generosity.

“It is an honour and a pleasure to be in a position to serve the public. This gift will certainly help us to be more effective in doing that.”

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