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March 17, 2021
The Group Managing Director of Eleta Eye Institute, Dr Benedictus Ajayi, says that smart phones may help in carrying out eye tests for early warning signs of glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Nigeria.
Ajayi, a consultant ophthalmologist, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan.
Newsmen reports that Ajayi spoke on the sideline of the just- concluded World Glaucoma Week, 2021, with the theme: “The World is Bright, Save your Sight”.
He described glaucoma as an eye disease often associated with elevated intraocular pressure through which damage to the eye optic nerve could lead to loss of vision and permanent blindness.