‘Don’t turn a blind eye to glaucoma’

ALMOST 1,000 people across Ireland are suffering from blindness caused by glaucoma, it emerged yesterday.

‘Don’t turn a blind eye to glaucoma’

New figures from the National Council for the Blind in Ireland (NCBI) revealed cases of the disease have risen by 27% in the last three years.

The condition also accounts for around 8% of registered blind people in Ireland.

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