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Second Annual UOG Optometry Students’ Dinner

The Bachelor of Science in Optometry offered by the University of Guyana (UOG), is a 4-year programme, including internship. Based in the Department of Public Health, it is built on the core curriculum as prescribed by UK-based General Optical Council (GOC).In addition to classes and simulated practice on campus, students undertake clinical attachment (and eventually, their 6-credits internship) in more than ten leading Eye Clinics and Eye Departments in five countries across the Caribbean. The first Optometry cohort commenced training at the University Of Guyana in 2010. Today, there are three cohorts, years 1, 2 and 3 (there was no intake in 2011). There are more …

Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy Programme To Start With Six Countries

St. John’s, Antigua, April 13, 2014 : Six countries from the Commonwealth Caribbean have been selected to participate in the Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy: Prevention, Screening, Referral and Treatment Programme. Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Council for the Blind (CCB/Eye Care Caribbean), Arvel Grant, says the countries that will be participating are Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica and St. Lucia. “The next step in the process is the development of a regional proposal based on national consultations with interested countries. Any of the six countries unable or unwilling to contribute to the development of a good enough (basic) national proposal, may be excluded from the …

Blindness is My Blessing

Ganesh carefully made his way up the staircase to the Cheddi Jagan Lecture Hall on the compound of the University of Guyana. He had only a few minutes to spare but was eager to update us on recent developments in his life. Two years ago Eye On Sight introduced you to Ganesh, he then told us how he lost his vision to Glaucoma twelve years ago and the struggles encountered, including depression that engulfed him for over five years. He then declared that his involvement in Blind Cricket saved him and propelled him out of the depths of despair. Today …

A Journey of Faith

She has climbed the famous Pitons in her homeland of St Lucia; she loves a good game of cricket and is proud of her accomplishments – all done since losing her sight over twenty years ago. “I wasn’t always blind, I lost my sight at the age of ten, it was to Glaucoma.”   Hyacinth Daniel is now 39 and lives in the village of Debreuil, in Choiseul, located on the southwestern side of the island. She vividly recalls what she says was the most difficult period in her life.