Paediatric Ophthalmology

Paediatric Ophthalmology

The Paediatric Eye Service receives referrals for tertiary eye care from all over the country, the Asian subcontinent and Africa.

Services Offered:

• Robust Retinopathy of Prematurity screening and treatment services which includes LASER treatment, Intravitreal injection therapies and Vitreoretinal surgery.
• The Congenital Cataract services we have had babies even as young as 4 months being implanted with intraocular lenses. The youngest baby operated for cataract was a preterm infant with a corrected gestational age of 37 weeks.
• Routine Squint corrections, head posture altering eye surgical procedures, complex nystagmus reducing procedures are being routinely undertaken whilst correction of refractive error, management of Amblyopia and treatment of Allergic eye disease form a major part of the functioning of the department.
• Children with watery eyes who meet criteria for intervention for probing and / or endonasal DCR have had their procedures successfully completed here.
• The clinic receives referrals from other physicians for a multitude of eye conditions, aiding physicians with the complex management decisions and diagnosis.