Organisation: AOI

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Public patients in West Cork waiting five years for cataract surgery forced to travel for procedure

Public patients forced to go to Northern Ireland and elsewhere in the EU for routine procedures are waiting months to be reimbursed by the HSE.

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Survey: Public patients in West Cork waiting five years for cataract surgery

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Call for eye care overhaul as 50,000 patients on wait list

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West Cork patients wait 5 years for cataract surgery

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50,000 awaiting eye treatments, many of them for 18 months

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Eye specialists demand action on waiting lists ‘crisis’

Waiting list hits 'crisis-level' as nearly 12,500 wait for eye procedures

New figures from the Association of Optometrists (AOI) show almost 12,500 people were waiting for eye procedures at the end of August in Ireland.

Sun, 17 Sep, 2017

Four-year wait for children’s vision tests

Children with suspected vision problems are forced to wait almost four years for a crucial follow up test after having their eyes screened at school, it has emerged.

Mon, 25 Nov, 2013

Little people pay the price as big businesses avoid their fair share

ENDA Kenny started his trip to the US this week with a tongue-lashing from a Boston cardinal and concluded it with the US Senate deriding the country as a tax haven.

Wed, 22 May, 2013

Sun damage to eyes on the increase

THE number of people with sun-damaged eyes is on the increase because many are wearing colour-tinted glasses that offer little protection.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2008

Campaign to fight threat of glaucoma

ARREST the thief of sight with regular eye tests, Irish opticians are urging in a bid to reduce the number of people with permanent vision loss caused by glaucoma.

Tue, 04 Mar, 2008

Medical card holders denied replacement spectacles by HSE

MEDICAL card holders, including vulnerable elderly people, in North Cork are not being given replacement glasses to which they are entitled.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2007