Child Eye clinic opened at Rajagiriya

Children's eye clinic ‘CHILD EYE’, is Sri Lanka's first institution dedicated solely to detecting and treating eye conditions in children will be opened at No.198, Sri Jayawardenepura Mawatha, Welikada , Rajagiriya on June 12, 2013. A seminar will be conducted by Dr. Amila De Alwis.

CHILD EYE clinic will function to spread awareness of childhood vision problems in addition to providing a child friendly environment to perform in-house screening, examinations and consultations. A pharmacy and optical shop will make this a one stop eye visit for your child. The staff, specially trained in the handling of children's eye problems, will ensure a pleasant, complete and efficient visit.

In addition to being Sri Lanka's first specialised children's eye care institution, the clinic will function in a unique way to accommodate all children, irrespective of the financial background of the child's family. There will be patient-seeing criteria. A number of children will be seen free daily, while other patients can get an eye exam at a subsidised rate and the last category will be a consultation, like in any private hospital. Children's eyes are very different to those of adults. Firstly, it is in the first decade of life that our vision develops and clear vision entering the eye is needed for our eyes to reach their maximum visual potential.

Any delay in correcting vision could lead to a permanent visual deficit. Also, most children will not complain until it is too late about any disturbance in vision.