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The Happy Pod: 'I'm blind but I can read a book again'
Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have used microchips to help blind patients regain the ability to read.
Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have used microchips to help blind patients regain the ability to read.
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Presenter: Jannat Jalil
Music: Iona Hampson
(Photo: Credit: PA)
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