Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out by attacker is getting implants
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Guo Bin, 6, is pushed on a wheelchair by a doctor and a nurse at a hospital in Taiyuan, in northern China's Shanxi province. (AP Photo)
A 6-year-old Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out by an attacker is receiving implants at a hospital in southern China after a Hong Kong eye doctor volunteered his service.
The implants are a precursor to fitting Guo Bin — known as Bin Bin — with prosthetic eyes that will look and move more like normal eyes, but which do not restore vision.
A personal assistant to Dr. Dennis Lam Shun-Chiu said the surgery started Tuesday afternoon at Lam's private hospital in Shenzhen.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police in the boy's home province of Shanxi say they suspect his aunt gouged out his eyes, but have not identified a motive for last month's attack. The woman has since committed suicide.
Ho said Bin Bin and his family travelled to Shenzhen on Sunday.