Help Pours In For Man In Need Of Eye Surgery
Abu Dhabi: A Sri Lankan man, who is suffering from a hereditary eye disease that could lead to incurable blindness, is getting readyfor surgery after help started pouring in from Gulf News readers.
Ranga Rohantha Silva has poor vision during the day and has been suffering from night blindness for a long time, one of the [...]
Providing Free Eye Surgery to Cambodian Patients
A delegation of Vietnamese voluntary doctors on July 25 wrapped up their working trip to Cambodia’s Svay Rieng border province where they provided free eye examination and surgery to the poor patients.
The trip was jointly organised by the Tay Ninh Red Cross and Nguyen Trai hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
Within two days’ working, the [...]
Is LASIK eye surgery a good option?
Q. I’m thinking about getting LASIK eye surgery. Is it safe?
A. LASIK, which stands for Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis, improves vision by reshaping the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye.
Using a laser, an eye surgeon can free patients of eyeglasses and contact lenses. The results of LASIK have been improving because [...]
‘World’s best eye hospital’ opens doors
A MULTI-MILLION-pound eye hospital, which claims to be the best in the world and the largest of its kind in Britain, opens in Hampshire today.
Solent Eye Hospital will welcome its first patient to its state-of the art treatment rooms on the Solent Business Park in Whiteley.
The private hospital has taken premises in the Fusion 3 [...]
Ms Redfern Wait Six Year to Fix the Cataracts in Both Her Eyes
ALL her life, Elizabeth Redfern has loved sitting down with a good book.
Now that pastime has been taken from her after waiting about six years to receive an operation to fix the cataracts in both her eyes.
The Rosedale woman spoke out yesterday after years of frustration with Queensland Health.
“I’m hoping that by saying something I [...]
Plastic Lens may Soon Replace Laser Eye Surgery
London, May 15th, 2010 (IANS): Scientists from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London have come up with a novel treatment to correct short-sightedness in people.
According to the researchers, the new treatment changes the path of light entering the eye by using a synthetic lens inserted in front of the natural lens.
Myopia or short-sightedness is a condition [...]
Thousands of Eye Surgery Patients Gone In Middle
Alberta Health Services is under blaze for departing eye surgery patients in halfway.
To short out long waiting times and save $1.4 million a year, the state announced a consolidation of eye operation at four centre two in Edmonton and two in Calgary.
Indian Eye Care Group Wins Top World Aid Prize
It’s good news for Indian that the world’s largest eye care provider Aravind Eye Care System has got the world’s largest humanitarian prize. Aravind Eye Care System is the biggest and most creative eye care facility in the world, in periods of surgical capacity and the number of patients treated.
Indian group Aravind Eye Care System, [...]