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Viva: Check your eyes before it is too late

Checking eyes

An optometrist is checking a patient's eyes-Bill Oxford-Getty Source: Getty

Not everyone has the time to get their eyes checked regularly. With the eyes responsible for so much of our daily activities, and 93 percent of people aged over 55 affected by long-term vision disorders, specialists say it is essential that you don’t leave it until it’s too late.


If you want to find more information about low vision, blindness, cataract, macular disease, and glaucoma please visit these websites: Vision Australia 1300 847466, Macular Disease Foundation 1800 111 709, Glaucoma Australia and World Glaucoma Week 8-14 March 2020 or check the  worldglaucomaweek.org.


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