Ossai said it was very important to visit ophthalmologists for eye checks, treatment as well as surgery of the eye.

RAWALPINDI -- Diabetes is the leading cause of vision loss in working-age adults, revealed ophthalmologists at a conference on the prevalence and treatment optimiSation of diabetic macular edema (DME) in Pakistan.

A large number of people in Pakistan are just losing their sight due to delay in diagnosis and good treatment by qualified ophthalmologists and surgeons.

Here two of the ophthalmologists, specialising in cataract and glaucoma, tell us what it means to play such a pivotal role in regularly improving the quality of the lives of their patients.

The hospital said Dr Sastre is a highly experienced Ophthalmologist with a special interest in retinal diseases and especially diabetes-related disorders, who has performed many intravitreal injections for diabetes patients and a large number of surgeries for cataract patients, as well as other procedures such as pterygium and minor lid surgeries.

Table 1 summarizes two quality indicators that are obtained from the Dutch weekly magazine Elsevier (28) : "average ophthalmologist quality" and "average overall hospital quality." Elsevier publishes the quality of Dutch hospitals annually.

The importance of the optometrist/ ophthalmologist relationship is for the benefit of the patient, Dr Tsaloumas highlighted.

Approximately one in 10,000 babies have glaucoma, and parents noticing symptoms should have a check carried out by an ophthalmologist.

The remaining 13 questions assess the knowledge of the participants; seven questions were regarding the specific tasks, with 5 possible answers (ophthalmologist, optometrist, both of them, none, or not sure) and six in the form of statements which concern about the training requirements with three possible answers (yes, no, or not sure).

This makes the case for ophthalmologists' reminders to never sleep with your contact lenses.

FLORENCE, April 30 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti leading ophthalmologist Khalid Al-Sabti has performed a successful rare eye surgery for an Italian old man who suffered a retina detachment due to fibrosis resulting from diabetes.

The pace of research and technological advances are so rapid that it is no longer possible for an ophthalmologist to master every field.

For the first image, represented in the first row, marking by ophthalmologist number six was eliminated due to the disc area which affected the HCDR, while the algorithm gave bad results due to the cup size.

Deepali Varma, consultant ophthalmologist and lead of the macular degeneration service at City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, was among those to endorse the report.

Kolkata, India, December 28, 2015 --(PR.com)-- Noted ophthalmologist and retinal specialist, Dr Somdutt Prasad was felicitated for his services by the Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India (ACOIN).