SINGAPORE: The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) on Friday (Aug 16) launched a new centre to tackle myopia. Myopia rates in Singapore are ...
The one-stop hub, led mainly by optometrists, provides screening services and treatments for patients with myopia.The centre expects to see up to 5,000 patients every year.
A Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between SNEC and Singapore Polytechnic to groom more eye care professionals through clinical attachments and internships at the Myopia Centre."The students will benefit from the exposure to the myopic patients and how the optometrists and ophthalmologists manage myopia control and myopia progression,” said Mr Dylan Eng, course chairman of Singapore Polytechnic's Diploma in Optometry.
The SNEC also launched an illustrated picture book aimed at children between the ages of three and eight as part of outreach efforts on myopia prevention.
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