Fatima Soriano, who is supposed to be the recipient of AJ Perez' cornea, is not capable of transplant according to Mrs. Fely Soriano, Fatima's mother.
Dr. Mae Singson, Fatima's eye doctor confirmed that the 17-year-old singing Marian devotee is not eligible for a corneal transplant since her problem are her retinas and no effective retinal transplants are available yet.
"Ang corneas niya ay normal. Ang problema sa kanya ay ang likod ng mata o ang kurtina ng mata called the retina. 'Yon ang defective sa kanya and it has been defective since pinanganak siya. So changing the cornea, which is sa harapan ng mata ay hindi makakabigay lunas sa kanyang karamdaman. To this day, wala pa tayong effective na retinal transplant," Dr. Singson said.
For her part, Fatima who remains ever faithful to God, wholeheartedly accepted the turn of events and said "if it's God's will, she'll gladly accept it".
Meawhile, Star Magic PR head Thess Gubi said that the Perez family has endorsed the cornea to the eyebank and whoever is compatible [with AJ's cornea] will be the beneficiary.
Representatives from Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines will personally meet and thank AJ's family for donating the late young actor's cornea. Eye Bank will then present a donor certificate to AJ's parents.
Dr. Mae Singson, Fatima's eye doctor confirmed that the 17-year-old singing Marian devotee is not eligible for a corneal transplant since her problem are her retinas and no effective retinal transplants are available yet.
"Ang corneas niya ay normal. Ang problema sa kanya ay ang likod ng mata o ang kurtina ng mata called the retina. 'Yon ang defective sa kanya and it has been defective since pinanganak siya. So changing the cornea, which is sa harapan ng mata ay hindi makakabigay lunas sa kanyang karamdaman. To this day, wala pa tayong effective na retinal transplant," Dr. Singson said.
For her part, Fatima who remains ever faithful to God, wholeheartedly accepted the turn of events and said "if it's God's will, she'll gladly accept it".
Meawhile, Star Magic PR head Thess Gubi said that the Perez family has endorsed the cornea to the eyebank and whoever is compatible [with AJ's cornea] will be the beneficiary.
Representatives from Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines will personally meet and thank AJ's family for donating the late young actor's cornea. Eye Bank will then present a donor certificate to AJ's parents.
