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Hospital Comforts to the aid of cataract patients

Saturday 7 July 2018 | Published in Health

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Hospital Comforts to the aid of cataract patients
Julie Bateman (at right) the treasurer of the Hospital Comforts Committee presents sunglasses for post-op cataract patients to Rarotonga Hospital nurse Doris Taripo and Dr Teariki Faireka, who worked with the visiting eye team from New Zealand. 18070719

The Cook Islands benefits from visiting medical specialists, most recently the New Zealand eye team made up of optometrists, who carry out eyesight testing and treatment, and ophthalmologists, eye doctors who perform delicate cataract surgery to replace a patient’s cloudy lens.

The Cook Islands benefits from visiting medical specialists, most recently the New Zealand eye team made up of optometrists, who carry out eyesight testing and treatment, and ophthalmologists, eye doctors who perform delicate cataract surgery to replace a patient’s cloudy lens.


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