UPFRONT Just as Insight went to print, SPECSAVERS unveiled the winners of the respective Doug Perkins and Dame Mary Perkins medals. The company’s store in Hervey Bay Pialba, Queensland, and the Queenstown practice in New Zealand claimed the Doug Perkins Medal, an annual award recognising consistently high standards of clinical excellence and patient care. The Dame Mary Perkins Medal, introduced this year for exceptional acts of patient care, went to Ms Mariella Coluccio, of Specsavers
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Bankstown, with her life-saving story of a 3-year-old after being turned away from hospital multiple times. The Kiwi recipient was Ms Celeste Raisbeck, from Specsavers Rotoura, for her outreach work with the Maori community. IN OTHER NEWS, The Australian College of Optometry (ACO) is opening its eighth clinic, Knox Eye Care, in Melbourne’s east. Located in Bayswater, the practice was set to open last month, with Ms Iris Huang appointed the role of site manager and optometrist. It comes after Wyndham Eye Care, located in Hoppers Crossing, opened in June to help meet unmet demand for accessible and affordable eyecare in Melbourne’s west.
FINALLY, with cancelled conferences and travel restrictions, four Australian ophthalmic equipment suppliers are hoping to provide an alternative local opportunity to showcase their range of devices and equipment. The event, O=PEN HOUSE, has brought together BOC Instruments, Device Technologies, Designs For Vision and OptiMed who will offer special sale and showcase events at each of their showrooms in Melbourne during 8-9 October, and in Brisbane 15-16 October. A NSW event will be scheduled when COVID-19 restrictions allow. Due to lockdown requirements, bookings are essential and dates may change.
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High profile Brit Piers Morgan has revealed a long list of symptoms after catching COVID-19 at the Euro 2020 finals, including headaches, fatigue and an inability to taste wine. But coughing fits have also caused a posterior vitreous detachment, which has meant he is now seeing floaters.
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DEALING WITH DRY EYE It’s estimated around 85% of dry eye sufferers have the evaporative form of the disease. Full report page 23.
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