Trường Y NUS Yong Loo Lin và Hệ thống Y tế ĐH Quốc gia ra mắt trung tâm sáng tạo và sức khỏe mắt

Making diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases more accessible and affordable – this is one of the key goals of the new Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health, which is jointly established by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and National University Health System. Officially launched by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (fourth from left), who is an ophthalmologist by training, as the Guest-of-Honour, on 25 March 2023, the new Centre aims to promote community-based eye care and the use of artificial intelligence and advanced technologies to better prevent, detect and treat vision problems in the Singapore population.

The new Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health was officially launched by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan (fourth from left), who is an ophthalmologist by training, as the Guest-of-Honour. (Photo: NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine)

About 180,000 people above 60 have some kind of visual impairment, and this figure is expected to double by 2030 given Singapore’s rapidly ageing population. These impairments are often undiagnosed as most Singaporeans are unaware of eye diseases, while some patients may also be deterred by the inconvenience of needing a referral from a polyclinic before being assessed by an eye specialist.

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