A retired banker from Hamilton is celebrating his successful fight to save his sight and his 40 years of helping others through their visual impairments across the world.
In 1974, Iain Neilson was diagnosed with iritis and uveitis, a rare swelling and inflammation in the coloured ring around the pupil, the 62-year-old has received constant treatment ever since.
The biggest operation happened in his teenage years at Glasgow’s Southern General Hospital, now Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, with the major eye surgery proving to be sight-saving.
