He was to present his artificial corneas and receive an award.
If you are planning to spend your vacation in Spain This summer, be careful! Theautoroute AP-7 (in the extension of the A9) can be fraught with pitfalls. Whether it’s traffic or… scams. Indeed, crooks and thieves have made it their favorite playground, with a favorite target: tourists. Here is new proof.
Puncture
Mehrdad Rafat is a brilliant scientist. Director of the company LinkoCare AB, the Swede was supposed to present his artificial corneas at seminars in Catalonia and Valencia last week. But Mehrdad was taken in. Indeed, while he was stopping at a motorway service station to fill up with fuel between Barcelona et ValenceMehrdad cracked.
He only realized it once he was back on the road. As a result, he was forced to stop on the emergency lane. But he was being followed. The thieves pretended to help him so they could better steal his suitcases and make off with their loot: 10 prototypes of artificial corneas, estimated to be worth 15,000 euros.
The “Punt de Vista” (translated as “point of view”) foundation was to present an award to Mehrdad to reward “23 years of research”. “Extremely innovative technology”according to Gabriel Mattioli, director of the foundation, in the columns of 324. “The cornea prototypes developed by Rafat represent an opportunity to recover vision for many patients in developing countries”Fortunately, the theft of these prototypes in no way destroys the research and its results.
