Man Stabbed in Eyes at Hospital Improving
Blinded by a still-mysterious attack in a Fontana hospital, a 34-year-old man who underwent surgery at UCLA Medical Center is “doing extraordinarily well,” said his surgeon, Dr. Steven Schwartz of UCLA’s Jules Stein Institute.
Stephen Solomon, who had been stabbed in both eyes with a needlelike object, underwent surgery on his left eye last month, and has reportedly recovered 20 / 20 vision in that eye. “I’m guardedly optimistic” about prospects for similar recovery in the less severely damaged right eye, Schwartz said.
The Fontana Police Department is still investigating the stabbing, said Solomon’s lawyer, John Schroeder.
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