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World watches as grandfather from Malawi has his sight restored live online

The six minute cataract operation will mean 69-year-old Winesi March could see his baby grandson for the first time when his bandages are removed on World Sight Day.

The live online broadcast was hosted by YouTuber Doug Armstrong who fielded questions from the global audience via a Google Hangout. Dr Gerald Msukwa, one of only a few ophthalmologists in Malawi, talked through the simple procedure whichrestores the sight of more than 20 million people around the world every year and is the most commonly performed surgery on the NHS.