Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 30, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba New evidence on laser injuries offers Hope to Pilot by Dean Beeby Canadian press a growing body of medical evidence about the insidious effects lasers can have on the eyes has revived a Canadian military probe into a pilots damaged vision. The top medical officer for the Canadian air Force is to meet in Toronto today with capt. Pat Barnes to review his medical file. Barnes 42, has suffered debilitating pain in his right Eye Ever since his sea King helicopter was apparently hit by a laser beam from a russian cargo ship on april 4,1997. The chopper had been flying Over the russian vessel the my Kapitan Man. In the Strait of Juan de Fuca off Vancouver Island when Barnes and. Lieut. Jack Daly complained of sudden Eye problems. The civilian ship was believed to be spying on. Nuclear submarines in the area. Medical experts found Clear evidence of laser Burn in Dalys eyes though the russians denied firing a laser. An american team searched the ship a after the russians had been Given 24-hours notice of the inspection a but found no lasers on Board. Barnes right Eye unlike Dalys shows no sign of laser burned tissue leaving him in medical limbo. His Eye pain has grounded him but the Canadian military has refused to compensate him without evidence of laser damage. However new medical cases Are demonstrating that some lasers can damage eyes in Subtle ways at the cellular level without leaving telltale tissue Burns. A just because you done to have a bum and you can to find tissue damage that does not necessarily mean you do not have a laser associated injury Quot says or. David Scales an ophthalmology consultant with the. Army in san Antonio Tex. A and Many times those injuries can be quite Subtle to pick air duct cleaning whole House package hurry Call now 139 whole House package includes unlimited vents and main duct. 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