Optegra Eye Clinic Sheffield was opened by new Lord Mayor Jayne Dunn , on their first day in post. The clinic and will provide timely, convenient care for thousands of people. With one in three adults being diagnosed with cataract there is a lot of demand for treatment.
The new clinic is part of Optegra Eye Health Care, a network of specialist eye hospitals and clinics across the UK and Europe that provide cataract, AMD treatment and also vision correction procedures. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Rotherham born-and-bred Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mr Omar Rafiq, is looking forward to joining the team at Optegra Eye Clinic Sheffield.
He said: “Cataract operations still mesmerise me – that a brief procedure can make such a difference to the patient. I conduct thousands of these procedures a year and still have such enthusiasm that we can restore vision and quality of life, it brings such joy to people. “If anyone is anxious about cataract surgery, I would like to reassure them that this is a very safe procedure, the most commonly performed elective surgery in the UK.
It has excellent outcomes, and a very low complication rate so there really is no need to worry. The vast majority of my patients cannot believe how quick, safe and simple it was.” The launch comes at a time when new research [i].
