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Acid attack victim has eye saved by donated placenta

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After he was squirted in the eye with battery acid, Paul Laskey thought he would lose his eye entirely, until a donated placenta helped save some of his sight. Paul, 43, was attacked after he confronted 21-year-old Robbie Scott, who had mugged his son in Newcastle just minutes earlier.

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Sky News UK

Battery acid attack victim reveals how donated placenta treatment saved his eye

Paul Laskey "couldn't breathe" and "knew instantly" how seriously he'd been hurt when he confronted his son's attacker. Now, "special" surgery has given him a "chance to heal".

3 days ago·United Kingdom

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BBC News

Newcastle man's eye saved with help of placenta

Newcastle doctors use donated tissue to help save Paul Laskey's eyesight.

3 days ago·United Kingdom

Acid attack victim has eye saved by donated placenta

Paul Laskey was squirted in the face with acid in 2023.

3 days ago·Norwich, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Acid attack victim’s eye saved by unexpected donation

His eye was ‘melted’ in the attack

3 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Northern Echo

'I lost my sight after acid attack, my eye was saved with a new mum's placenta'

A man who lost his sight when he had acid thrown in his face has thanked a new mum who helped save his eye – by donating her placenta.

3 days ago·County Durham, United Kingdom

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GistReel

Man shows how he used woman’s placenta to recover his lost sight

GistReel A 43-year-old man Paul Laskey, has disclosed how he used a woman’s placenta to recover his lost sight after suffering an acid attack. According to the young man, a group of armed men splashed battery acid on his face when they were attacking his 16-year-old son. He disclosed it the attack melted his left eye which caused the damage of his vision. He however added that the medical procedure with a woman’s placenta saved his sight. ‘I cou…

2 days ago

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