For almost two years Optique Vision Care has been providing a comprehensive eye care service at affordable prices to Guyanese. Originally established at Mahaica, the company has earned a reputation for a range of services that include thorough eye examination, by qualified health professionals to detect and treat diseases such as glaucoma, and to undertake visual field assessments, intraocular pressure tests and precise refraction for visual prescriptions.
Black Bush Polder-bom General Manager and co-founder of Optique Vision Care, Dhani Andrew Narine, says his decision to establish the entity was influenced largely by the insistence of his wife, co-founder, Madonna narine, in fulfilment of her own dream of becoming an Optometrist.
Narine himself is the holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Project Management from the University of the West Indies. His own vision, he says, has been to “make a difference” in other people lives. Entrepreneurship is his chosen vehicle for the attainment of that goal.
Optique Vision Care provides employment for 11 persons and seeks to offer its services at costs that are affordable. First established as a modest enterprise on September 21, 2013 at Lot 8 Helena, Number One, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, Optique Vison Care boasts a modem testing room and dispensing area with a computerized laboratory. These days the service boasts two branches, the second being at Lot 73-74 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Qualified optometrists serve both branches.
The Narines have set their sights on transforming Optique Vision Care into the first chain of optical of optical services in Guyana with a number of outlets all capable of offering the identical level of service. Madonna says that the organization seeks to establish an enviable reputation for patient care which is not only affordable but reassuring in its quality.
The owners of Optique Vision Care say that in the years ahead they will be seeking to reach out to poor rural communities with a view to enhancing the quality of vision and by extension the quality of life in those areas. Free services are envisaged as part of that initiative.
Dhani says that over time Optique Vision Care has established professional relationships with several major service entities in the United States and its staff include United Kingdom-trained Optometrist, Daljit Kaur, a highly regarded professional.
As a businessman Dhani is mindful of competition, regarding it as insurance against exploitative pricing. The company’s promotional pursuits, he says, focus on the provision of eye care to children and senior citizens.
Optique Vision Care also runs a state-of-the-art laboratory that edges and assembles more than 50 pairs of spectacles daily.
