Excuse the bad pun, but I feel this famous Gabriel Garcia Marquez title contextualises our collective position in the midst of calamity. It is all we hear in the media and flooded the topic of water cooler conversation, while we were still at work, but what is the relevance of Covid-19 to us in a pr
Optometrists from all parts of the South Island attended the ever-popular annual Christchurch Eye Surgery Study Day on the 14 March 2020. Christchurch Eye Surgery is a purpose-built facility developed in collaboration with nine local ophthalmologists, who come together every year to deliver a series
We are all spectators in life. I love sport and enjoy watching almost anything competitive. Through the years I’ve been fortunate enough to see live, the Ashes, Premier League football and the ‘Golden night’ of the 2012 Olympics. We are often amazed by the skill and passion on display but are just a
It feels like many moons ago when the government announced New Zealand was going into lockdown and Menicare was flying off the shelves like toilet paper.
Effect of initial management with aflibercept vs laser photocoagulation vs observation on vision loss among patients with diabetic macular oedema: a randomised clinical trial.
NEW ZEALAND’S EYE health organisations, the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board (ODOB), the New Zealand Association of Optometrists (NZAO), Ophthalmology New Zealand (ONZ) and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) have been working tirelessly to advise and
A lighter look from a fictional optometrist’s perspective of the Covid-19 lockdown experience...
A 68-year-old man has been under my care for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). His right eye is under long-term anti-VEGF therapy for wet AMD. He has non-exudative (dry) AMD in his left eye and wanted to know if there was anything he could do to improve the outcome for his left eye. His visual
How can you continue to support your glaucoma patients remotely during a Level 4 or Level 3 lockdown? NZ Optics asked Glaucoma New Zealand (GNZ) chair Professor Helen Danesh-Meyer for some advice. 1.
The Covid-19 pandemic and the Government’s Alert Level 4 lockdown has created a uniquely challenging landscape for employers to navigate. Not only does it present an extremely trying set of commercial
I’m writing this sitting at the dining room table - it’s my “home office”. As I’m the only family member who leaves the house to go to work, I get relegated. “First up, best dressed,” as my mum used