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Indigenous and Remote Eye Health Service deliver 500th eye surgery

Dr Bill Glasson
Dr Bill Glasson - Indigenous and Remote Eye health service (IRIS). Source: IRIS supplied

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 6 times more likely to go blind and 12 times more likely to have cataracts then non-indigenous people.


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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are 6 times more likely to go blind and 12 times more likely to have cataracts then non-indigenous people.


 In November the Indigenous and Remote Eye Health Service (IRIS) are set to perform their 500th surgery. 


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