Boy receives eye implants after horror gouging

A Chinese boy whose eyes were gouged out has received implants at a hospital in southern China owned by a Hong Kong doctor who offered the operation for free after learning about the brutal attack.

The implants are a precursor to fitting the 6-year-old with prosthetic eyes that will look and move more like normal eyes, but do not restore vision.

Doctors at the C-MER (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital also plan to fit Guo Bin — nicknamed Bin Bin — with navigation sensors that would allow the boy to get around on his own in familiar places.