Our gift to the community for Eye Care Awareness Month
Garden Route Eye Clinic supports National Eye Care Awareness month. To lessen the burden on our Provincial Hospitals, we are performing cataract surgeries during October at George Surgical Centre for patients in our community who cannot afford private healthcare. A total of 40 cataract surgeries will be performed and 1 strabismus surgery. All our surgeons at Garden Route Eye Clinic perform these surgeries free of charge.
Breakthrough Eye Surgery – Bladeless Cataract Surgery with new LensX
Bladeless Cataract surgery is now possible with the latest LenSx femtosecond laser technology at George Surgical Centre Eye Hospital. The first of its kind in the Western Cape. Knysna resident, Della Jerling recently underwent cataract surgery with a revolutionary new method using femtosecond laser. The laser, also known as the LenSx, was recently acquired by the George Surgical Centre Eye Hospital and is the first in the Western Cape. Dr Johannes Meyer, ophthalmologist performed the first session of surgery on patients from Knysna, Plettenberg Bay, Sedgefield and George. The new femtosecond laser is described by Dr Meyer as [...]
PRK LASER Eye Surgery: What Is PRK and How Does It Differ From LASIK?
Beautiful Eye PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) is a type of refractive surgery to correct myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism. PRK was the first type of LASER eye surgery for vision correction and is the predecessor to the popular LASIK procedure. Though PRK recovery takes a bit longer than recovery from LASIK eye surgery, PRK is still commonly performed and offers advantages over LASIK for some patients. Like LASIK and other types of LASER eye surgery, PRK works by reshaping the cornea using an excimer LASER, allowing light entering the eye to be properly focussed onto the retina [...]
Man Develops Star-Shaped Cataract
A punch in the eye can make you see stars — literally. An Austrian man has developed a star-shaped (stellate) cataract after a blow to the eye that had occurred nearly nine months earlier, according to a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The 55-year-old experienced increasingly blurry vision over the six months after the punch, after which time he visited his eye doctor. The trauma to the eye had damaged the eye's lens, triggering the formation of a cataract — and a peculiarly shaped one at that. Cataracts typically form with old age, but it's [...]
The OSSA Congress 2013
The annual OSSA congress will be held at the CTICC in Cape Town from 14 to 17 March 2013. “Ubuntu” is an African philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with one another. It speaks of our interconnectedness and ability to openly share. At its core are generosity and the desire to see others happy. Cape Town will provide a magnificent venue for us to have our meeting, spend time with old friends, make new friends and experience the South African Ophthalmology “Ubuntu”. We have assembled a great faculty, in a world class city during most locals’ favourite month [...]
George Surgical Centre Opens Its Doors
Anticipation is building towards the official opening ceremony of the George Surgical Centre on Monday, 29 October 2012. This world-class facility will be the first private hospital dedicated to Eye Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery in the Southern Cape. The event will take place from 18:00 on Monday evening at the George Surgical Centre in Langenhoven Street, George. More than 250 invited guests will be hosted, amongst whom will be the Western Cape Minister of Health, Minister Theuns Botha. Guests are arriving from provinces all across the country to come and share in the celebration. The facility allows the community [...]
1 000th Patient At George Surgical Centre
Dr. Johannes Meyer operated on the 1 000th patient at George Surgical Centre, Mrs Marlene Orlet from George on the 5th of February 2013. This is a remarkable milestone, seeing that this brand new day hospital has been open only for five months on the date of its 1 000th surgery. The news has also been published in the George Herald and the Knysna Plett Herald on the 21st of February 2013. View the George Herald article online.
