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Ophthalmology EHHC's Ophthalmology department provides a full range of ophthalmic services. Conditions which affect sight cause significant loss of quality of life for patients, yet many of these conditions can be effectively treated to save and improve vision. A team of four ophthalmologists, each of whom has a particular subspecialty, provides the latest methods of surgical and non-surgical medical treatment of diseases of the eye, including glaucoma, strabismus, ocular tumours, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal detachment, and cataracts. |
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Specialised areas include vitreo-retinal surgery, eyelid surgery (for surgical and cosmetic applications) and paediatric ophthalmology. Cataract Surgery Cataract extraction is the most common eye surgery performed and has some of the highest success rates. Every year during World Sight Week (October) free cataract surgery is performed on selected indigent patients who cannot afford the procedure. EHHC provides the hospital facility and theatre staff while the ophthalmologists and anaesthetists give their time and expertise free of charge. |
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