Moorfields Dubai highlights cataract concernsConsultants at Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai have marked the Cataract Awareness Month (June 2018) sharing their concerns marking about the increasing incidence of cataract - the leading cause of blindness in the region. The good n More… |
Moorfields Eye Hospital in complex eye treatment successA team from Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai, UAE, has successfully treated a patient who required a complex surgical implant of extremely powerful intraocular lenses (IOL) to treat her cataract (clouding of the eye's natural lens) and correct More… |
Burjeel offers new cataract surgery techniqueBurjeel Hospital, a leading care facility in Abu Dhabi, is offering a new technology in cataract surgery at its Centre of Excellence in the emirate. With the Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery, many steps of th More… |
Experts warn over rise in cataracts in GCCEye experts in Dubai have warned about the rising incidence of cataracts in the GCC’s young by ageing population, especially among the large diabetic community. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindnes More… |
Samaya-Alcon launch high-tech surgeryAbu Dhabi-based Samaya Specialized Center has launched the refractive laser cataract surgery in collaboration with Alcon Pharmaceuticals, a leader in eye care, with its LenSx laser machine. The LenSx femtosecond laser revol More… |
Bahrain steps up Somalia aidBahrain’s Royal Charity Organisation has signed an agreement to deliver the first relief aid consignment to famine-stricken Somalia, aiming to help cure 1,000 Somalis suffering from cataract. Secretary-general Dr Mustafa Al Sayyed signed a More… |
Noor restores vision to 11,000 YemenisNoor Dubai, the UAE-born charity initiative focused on preventing and treating low vision and curable forms of blindness around the world, has helped heal more than 11,000 Yemenis of all ages this week at its free cataract treatment camp in the we More… |