Over 260 benefited from a joint eye care mission hosted by optometry students from both UG and UWI’s St Augustine Campus, in regions two and ten.
According to a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release, the exercise brought students enrolled in the Bachelor’s Degree programme in Optometry at the Universities of the Guyana and the West Indies together to share their experiences. Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago are the only two countries in the Caribbean that offer Optometry at the tertiary level. The programme started three years ago at both institutions.
President of the Guyana Association of Optometrists, Dr Michele Ming who played a pivotal role in the
