Recycling Prescription Spectacles in West Africa
Optimax currently perform 1,400 laser eye surgery operations
every month and of the 100,000 laser eye treatments carried
out in the UK in 2002, 30% of these operations were conducted
at Optimax eye clinics.
We regularly receive hundreds of letters from patients,
which describe how laser eye treatment at Optimax has changed
or enhanced their lives.
The spectacles that our patients are thrilled to leave behind
in our clinics after laser eye treatment go on to enhance
the lives of others in the developing world.
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All prescription spectacles donated at the Optimax
clinics in the UK are collected at the head office
in London for shipment directly to the Optical Unit
at the Royal
Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul, The Gambia.
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The Gambia is widely acknowledged to have one of the most
forward-thinking policies on eye sight problems on the African
continent.
Optimax believes that by supporting the development of centres
for eye care staff training, real value can be added to the
process of recycling prescription eye glasses in the Third
World.
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