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A BREAKTHROUGH procedure that helps older Singaporeans improve their ageing eyesight - called the AcuFocus corneal treatment - has seen some significant success.
The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) said about 35 patients now have better near vision after the centre started clinical trials for the procedure a year ago.
So with such positive results, there are plans to get more patients to help with the trials.
The SNEC together with the Singapore Eye Research Institute are currently the only centres in Asia to offer the AcuFocus Corneal inlay treatment.
They are part of a worldwide multi-centre clinical trial of the procedure.
No thanks to Singapore's fast greying population, one of the country's biggest challenges, experts have said, is tackling deteriorating eyesight or Presbyopia which reduces a person?s ability to focus on near objects.
This normally affects those over 40 years old.
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