Tests find cancer hasn’t spread to toddler’s remaining eye

Omkar Persaud

Less than a month after the toddler and cancer patient Omkar Persaud travelled to Cuba for emergency surgery to prevent him from going completely blind, tests have revealed that the cancer in his eye has not spread to his right eye.

Almost 2 years old, Omkar Persaud was first diagnosed with Retinoblastoma (cancer of the eye) just after he was born.

He received treatment for the condition at Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital before he was subsequently able to undergo the necessary surgery last October to remove his left eye.

However, while the surgery was successful, a further