Thai monk glues eye shut
2005-02-21 08:29
Bangkok - An elderly Thai monk accidently glued his eye shut when he mistook a tube of super glue for eyedrops, media reports said on Monday.
Monk Prapatworakhun, 81, who is now undergoing treatment at Angthong Hospital, 110km from Bangkok, said he accidently took the super glue from his temple's drug cabinet while looking for eye drops to relieve a severe eye itch on February 17.
"I squeezed out several drops on the floor and saw a clear liquid, so I put four drops into each eye," Prapatworakhun told The Nation newspaper from his hospital bed. "In about a minute, my eyes felt cold and then sealed closed," said the monk.
Eye specialists at Angthong Hospital said the monk was undergoing treatment to remove the glue from his eyes, adding they will have to wait until he can reopen them before determine the extent of damage. - Sapa-dpa
- SAPA