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Gib eye specialist helps Guatemalan children see clearly

AN eye specialist from Gibraltar has said she was humbled by taking part in a non-profit trip with a world-famous London eye hospital she was helping to test the sight of Guatemalan children.

Michelle Brown, Gibraltar Health Authority’s Head Orthoptist, helped test nearly 400 children during her stay in the South American country. She joined up with five eye specialists from the UK’s Moorfields Eye Hospital that prescribed glasses to 102 children from the Guatemalan school

By John Culatto

The hospital is now preparing to send the glasses to the children to help them in their education.

“The team, made up of three orthoptists, two optometrists and one ophthalmologist are all experts in paediatric eye care,” the GHA said in a statement.

“Together they screened 374 children in total, of which 102 were prescribed glasses.” Brown helped check the children’s eyesight as they had never had an eye test

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