Eye Clinic
(Eye Clinic Room 208)
The TMCSL Eye Clinic is a complex of four (4) rooms with a central reception area manned by trained and friendly clinic assistants. Their goal is to make your visit an efficient and pleasant one.
Eye Clinic is located on the second (2nd) floor of the hospital, Room 208.
Each room is equipped with the instruments that enable eye specialists (ophthalmologists) to detect both the common and unusual eye problems.
(Slitlamp)
The more important of these are the slit lamp or biomicroscope, applanation tonometer, direct and indirect ophthalmoscope, loose lens set for refraction, and color vision chart.
(Slitlamp)
An added feature of each clinic is a camera and computer system that is capable of photographing and video recording whatever the eye doctor sees. This allows the patient to actually see what his/her problem(s) is/are. Through this, a thorough discussion of the problem is facilitated and the necessary course of treatment made easier for the patient to comprehend.
(Slitlamp)
Your visit starts with registering at the reception area.
For initial or first-time visits, you will be asked to fill in an information sheet to provide the eye doctor and the clinic staff with all the necessary personal data.
For those who are in for a follow-up visit or are returning for a different consultation, just provide the clinic assistants with your name so they can retrieve your records.
You will be asked for the reason for your visit - your eye complaint(s), previous diagnosis by other ophthalmologists for which you are seeking a second opinion, or even just wanting to have a routine eye check-up.
Once all of these are recorded, a vision test will be done. If you are currently wearing a pair of eyeglasses, this test will be made with and without them. If your primary complaint is blurring of vision, a refraction by the clinic optometrist may be requested before you see the eye doctor.
After this preliminary process is accomplished , you will then await your turn to be seen by the ophthalmologist.
Upon completion of your session with the eye specialist, if he/she feels that additional examinations or tests are needed to get a clearer picture of your problem and to arrive at a definitive diagnosis, he/she will give you a request for such. Our
receptionist-secretary will then help direct you to our Eye Center where these will be done.
Periodic eye and vision examination performed by a Doctor of Optometry are an important part of preventive health care. Many eye and vision problems have no obvious signs or symptoms, so you might not know a problem exists. Early diagnosis and treatment of vision problems may help prevent vision loss.
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A comprehensive vision examination may include, but is not limited to, the following tests.
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PATIENT HISTORY will include when your eye or vision symptoms began, medical hisotry and any work-related or environmental conditions that may be affecting your vision. The doctor will also ask about any previous eye or health conditions you and your family members have experienced.
Dr. Michael Ong
Optometist
VISUAL ACUITY measurements evaluate how clearly each eye is seeing with and without your current corrective lenses for far and near.
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KERATOMETRY test to measures the curvature of the cornea (the clear outer surface of the eye). This measurement is particularly critical in determining the proper fit for contact lenses.
REFRACTION which will help determine the lens power you need to compensate for any refractive error (nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism). Prescription lenses will be refine based on a combination of manual and automated measurements together with your input on which lenses that give you the clearest vision.
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EYE FOCUSING, EYE TEAMING AND EYE MOVEMENT tests will determines how well your eyes focus, move and work together. This testing will look for problems that keep your eyes from focusing effectively or make using both eyes together difficult.
COLOR VISION EVALUATION with the use of screening tests that can detect the presence of a color vision problem, and a more detailed quantitative tests that can detect a color vision deficiency and determine the type and severity of color blindness.
ABERROMETRY uses advanced wavefront technology to detect even obscure vision errors based on the way light travels through your eye. Aberrometers primarily are used for custom or wavefront LASIK vision correction procedures, but many eye doctors are now incorporating this advanced technology into their routine eye exams as well.
Depending on the results of these evaluations, additional tests of visual development and visual perceptual abilities may be needed to effectively assess a patient's total visual status. Testing with eye drops is sometimes used to evaluate the refractive status of the eye of children.
If you need spectacles, specialty contact lenses or vision rehabilitation then you can expect that your optometrist to recommend the most appropriate correction at the eye clinic. In some cases, your optometrist may refer you to another optometrist or ophthalmologist for consultation or treatment.