Makati eye center provides assistance to 6000 patients
Published Feb 1, 2018 04:46 pm
By Dhel Nazario
Over 6,000 residents of the city of Makati have availed of the free eye treatment at the Ospital ng Makati's (OsMak) Eye Center just barely six months after its inauguration.
Makati Mayor Abby Binay (KJ ROSALES/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
The center was able to assist a total of 6,672 patients since it was opened last July 21, 2017. according to Makati Mayor Abby Binay.
“I am proud that the OsMak Eye Center has ably fulfilled its mandate of helping Yellow Card members get the best eye care without having to spend a single peso. More importantly, they don’t have to be referred to other hospitals because they can now get the treatment they need right here in Makati,” Binay said in a statement.
Records show that the facility, located at the 6th floor of OsMak, averaged 1,000 patients per month. Binay mentioned that the center was opened as part of the city’s public health program expansion, particularly for the benefit of more than 200,000 members of the Makati Health Plus Program, better known as the Yellow Card.
She noted that in the past, the Department of Ophthalmology used to refer patients who needed laser procedures as well as visual field tests to other hospitals because they did not have the necessary equipment. The opening of the Eye Center, however, has allowed OsMak’s eye doctors to treat more patients in-house.
The Eye Center now has the following machines: Fundus Photography Fluorescein Angiography, Visual Fields/Humphrey Perimetry, 532 nm Laser, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), A Scan and B Scan Ultrasonography, Slit Lamp with Digital Camera, as well as a Yag Laser.
The facility can accommodate about 100 patients per day, covering a wide range of services including the most common eye problems found in adults like cataracts, dysfunctional tear syndrome/dry eye disease, and allergic conjunctivitis. At the same time, children and teens were treated for error of refraction, conjunctivitis, and astigmatism.
Apart from these problems, the Eye Center is also equipped to address: General Ophthalmology; Emergency Ophthalmic Services; Treatment of Eye Infections; Treatment of Diseases of the Cornea; Treatment of Eye Trauma; Cataract in the Young; Retinal Diseases; Laser Treatment of Retinal Diseases; Glaucoma and Laser Surgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye; Pediatric Eye Surgery and Eye Alignment (Strabismus).
Yellow Card holders can also go to the Eye Center for Refraction, Biometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Fundus Photography, Fluorescein Angiography, Visual Fields/Humphrey Perimetry and Ocular Ultrasonography: B-scan.
The Eye Center is run by OsMak’s Department of Ophthalmology, which was first formed in 1988.
Makati Mayor Abby Binay (KJ ROSALES/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
The center was able to assist a total of 6,672 patients since it was opened last July 21, 2017. according to Makati Mayor Abby Binay.
“I am proud that the OsMak Eye Center has ably fulfilled its mandate of helping Yellow Card members get the best eye care without having to spend a single peso. More importantly, they don’t have to be referred to other hospitals because they can now get the treatment they need right here in Makati,” Binay said in a statement.
Records show that the facility, located at the 6th floor of OsMak, averaged 1,000 patients per month. Binay mentioned that the center was opened as part of the city’s public health program expansion, particularly for the benefit of more than 200,000 members of the Makati Health Plus Program, better known as the Yellow Card.
She noted that in the past, the Department of Ophthalmology used to refer patients who needed laser procedures as well as visual field tests to other hospitals because they did not have the necessary equipment. The opening of the Eye Center, however, has allowed OsMak’s eye doctors to treat more patients in-house.
The Eye Center now has the following machines: Fundus Photography Fluorescein Angiography, Visual Fields/Humphrey Perimetry, 532 nm Laser, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), A Scan and B Scan Ultrasonography, Slit Lamp with Digital Camera, as well as a Yag Laser.
The facility can accommodate about 100 patients per day, covering a wide range of services including the most common eye problems found in adults like cataracts, dysfunctional tear syndrome/dry eye disease, and allergic conjunctivitis. At the same time, children and teens were treated for error of refraction, conjunctivitis, and astigmatism.
Apart from these problems, the Eye Center is also equipped to address: General Ophthalmology; Emergency Ophthalmic Services; Treatment of Eye Infections; Treatment of Diseases of the Cornea; Treatment of Eye Trauma; Cataract in the Young; Retinal Diseases; Laser Treatment of Retinal Diseases; Glaucoma and Laser Surgery; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Eye; Pediatric Eye Surgery and Eye Alignment (Strabismus).
Yellow Card holders can also go to the Eye Center for Refraction, Biometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Fundus Photography, Fluorescein Angiography, Visual Fields/Humphrey Perimetry and Ocular Ultrasonography: B-scan.
The Eye Center is run by OsMak’s Department of Ophthalmology, which was first formed in 1988.