A personal trainer has been left partially-blind after getting a bacterial infection in her eye from her contact lenses.
Laura Hawkins had been travelling across Australia when she woke up one morning in 'excruciating pain' and unable to open her right eye. The 24-year-old had to be driven to hospital to see an ophthalmologist, who found a large corneal ulcer on her eye.
She was told that without treatment, she could have been left fully blind. She now has scarring and partial blindness in her right eye and will now need a corneal transplant.
