With World Sight Day being observed today, free eye screening is on offer at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) and at Mattai’s on Water Street.
A statement from the Department of Ophthalmology of the GPHC said that the hospital will be hosting free eye testing at the GPHC Eye Clinic from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The statement said that patients will have free access to the clinic and can walk in to have their eyes tested for Glaucoma, Cataract, Refractive Errors, Diabetic Retino-pathy and other eye diseases.
The Diabetic Retinopathy Centre will also be open. The statement said that through collaboration with the World Diabetes Foundation and Orbis International, the Diabetic Eye Centre was established to allow persons with diabetes to undergo free screening tests to detect early diabetic eye disease (diabetic retinopathy) before it causes permanent blindness.
The screening will be done by the Staff of the Department of Ophthalmology including Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, doctors and nurses of the GPHC Eye Clinic. Screening will also be done at the Vision Centre in the GPHC Compound.
Free eye testing will also be held at Mattai’s Supermarket on Water Street, Georgetown from 10:00am to 2:00pm today. A booth and screening area will be set up at the entrance of the supermarket where members of the public will have free access to have their eyes tested for Glaucoma, Cataract, Refractive Errors, Diabetic Retinopathy and other eye
diseases. Staff from GPHC will be present to do Vision Testing and Eye Pressure Testing.
