A new diabetic eye centre has been opened at the Enmore Polyclinic to provide free screening for diabetics and persons at risk of diabetes-related eye disease.
The facility, which is second Diabetic Eye Centre (DEC), is expected to increase the capacity and demand for care of diabetic eye disease (DED) in rural areas and adding to the expansion of care. The DECs, which are intended to be easily accessible to the general public, provide free diabetic eye screening along with general eye screening to identify other sorts of eye conditions, including cataracts and glaucoma. DECs are to be run by locally trained optometrists who have undergone specialised training in diabetic eye screening and grading via the use of retinal photography. The use of retinal photography is the current worldwide standard for early detection of diabetic retinopathy.