Riyaaz Carollisen suffers from a rare degenerative eye disease. Now a cornea donation may restore his eyesight within a couple of days.
|||Cape Town - Riyaaz Carollisen suffers from keratoconus, a rare degenerative eye disease. Two days ago, the sight in his right eye was only at 10 percent. Now a cornea donation may restore his eyesight within a couple of days.
The 15-year-old from Hanover Park and Grade 9 Batavia School of Skills pupil underwent cornea surgery on his right eye at Life Kingsbury Hospital in Claremont on Tuesday night.
IOL Mojo’s Laura Skippers visited Riyaaz before his surgery