Singapore hospital Tan Tock Seng adopts glaucoma home measurement device
30-Mar-17, The Straits Times
Rather than making multiple trips to the hospital to test their eye pressure, glaucoma patients at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) can now get the job done at home with the help of a handheld device.
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Image: Lau Fook Kong / ST
This also makes it easier for doctors to treat patients, because they are working with information gathered over a week instead of a few separate occasions.
"Eye pressure varies with the time of day, and from day to day... so more measurements are better," said head of the glaucoma service at the National Healthcare GroupEye Institute at TTSH, Dr Leonard Yip.