Patients get sight back in a day in new NHS cataract surgery

Patients get sight back in a day in new NHS cataract surgery

Source: The Times

A pioneering trial eliminates weeks of waiting. More than 400,000 people undergo this procedure yearly; this new method promises faster recovery

NHS patients are having cataract ­surgery in both eyes at once as part of a pioneering trial to blitz through waiting lists.
Cataract treatment is usually done one eye at a time, spread over several weeks, but last week a hospital in Hampshire began … [4494 chars]

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