people suffer from visual impairment. Cataracts account for about 33% of visual impairment and are the number one cause of blindness (more than 50%) worldwide. Cataract patients can improve life ...

Cataract surgery can change people's lives, but until recently anyone in western Queensland with the disease in need of risky eye surgery had to travel to Brisbane. But with the acquisition of a ...

An ophthalmologist from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast is working hard alongside colleagues to purchase a modern cataract machine for Rwanda — with over £14,000 already raised. Katherine ...

The department of ophthalmology at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) recently unveiled its latest advanced equipment— Centurion Phako Machine— for cataract surgeries. DMCH secretary Prem ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The More Than This Concert initiative delivered a major boost to paediatric eye care in Jamaica on Wednesday with the handover of a phacoemulsification machine, valued at $17 ...

Posterior capsular opacification, or secondary cataract, is a common complication of cataract surgery. It can get worse without treatment, but a quick laser procedure by an ophthalmologist can cure it ...

A cataract surgery machine worth ₹26 lakh was inaugurated at the Ophthalmology Department of Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad on Monday. The equipment was donated under the Corporate Social ...

There are plenty of challenges faced by the Indonesian healthcare sector today. One of them is the high number of visual impairment caused by cataracts; this issue is worsen by the incomparable number ...

Ranchi: Twenty district hospitals in Jharkhand are all set to get latest phacoemulsification machines for cataract surgeries in the coming months. The new machines will do away with the intracapsular ...