Sarawak hosts virtual global blindness awareness day
BY TANIA LAM & NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY KUCHING: Sarawak played host to Malaysia’s first virtual World Sight Day (WSD) 2020 celebration today with an aim of raising awareness and fighting preventable blindness. This year’s celebration is themed ‘Hope in Sight’ and it was hosted via Zoom teleconference with participants nationwide at SMA-Tegas digital innovation hub […]
Don’t delay cataract surgery
BY TANIA LAM & NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY KUCHING: Sarawak state ophthalmologist Dr Chieng Lee Ling has urged members of the public with eye conditions such as cataracts to not hesitate in seeking medical advice. He said that there are many misconceptions surrounding cataracts, including that a cataract had to be mature before an operation could […]
