2005News

Wounded boy may lose sight

Twelve-year-old Joselito Hernandez Garcia, the boy who was wounded by a stray bullet in his left eye (see DR1 Daily News 23 August 2005) may lose his sight as a result of the injury. The boy lost the sight of his right eye three years ago in an accident in the countryside. His mother Maribel Hernandez is desperate as she went through the trauma when the boy had that first accident, and is expecting days of anxiety when the boy faces the reality of having lost the sight of his other eye. According to Listin Diario, the boy’s grandfather Ramon Balbuena says that there is still some hope. Physicians have informed him that medical technology is available in Cuba that could help Joselito recover the sight in the eye that was affected three years ago, and is expecting help from the government to give his grandson this final opportunity. The boy was recovering satisfactorily yesterday in the hospital, but physicians are practically discarding the possibility of him recovering his vision.