[:en]Where good vision cannot be achieved with spectacles or contact lenses, patients can be assessed in our low vision clinic. During a low vision assessment, one of our optometrists will perform an examination to identify any refractive errors (problems with focusing) and demonstrate low vision devices such as specialist spectacles, magnifiers or telescopes that could… Continue reading Low Vision Aids
Paediatric Cataract
[:en]Our paediatric team can manage complex congenital cataracts. The management of congenital cataract is very different to the treatment of a routine age-related cataract. In adults, surgery may be delayed for years without affecting the visual outcome. In infants, if the cataract is not removed during the first year of life, the vision will never… Continue reading Paediatric Cataract
Anti-angiogenic (anti-VEGF) drugs
[:en]This treatment involves having an injection into your eye to treat certain retinal conditions that cause abnormal blood vessels to grow and leak under the retina. Patients with these conditions can lose central vision when abnormal blood vessels bleed under the retina at the back of the eye. A series of injections of anti-VEGF medicines… Continue reading Anti-angiogenic (anti-VEGF) drugs
Corneal cross-linking
[:en]Corneal cross-linking (CXL) is a treatment for patients with keratoconus which can prevent their condition getting worse. CXL is successful in preventing the condition deteriorating in more than 90% of cases. After treatment, you will still need to wear spectacles or contact lenses. Keratoconus gets worse because the cornea weakens. CXL, also known as C3R,… Continue reading Corneal cross-linking
Dacrocystorhinostomy
[:en]This is an operation to form a new tear drain between your eye and nose when there has been a blockage. If the normal drainage passage gets blocked or narrow, you might get a watery eye or repeated eye infections. During DCR, your tear drainage passages are opened so that the tears can drain into… Continue reading Dacrocystorhinostomy
Cataract
[:en]Having a cataract is a bit like having a dirty windscreen on a car. It can make the view cloudy or foggy or sometimes blurry. It can also cause glare from bright lights, sunshine, and on-coming headlights while driving. When these problems make your normal daily activities difficult, it is time consider the cataract operation.… Continue reading Cataract
Our Partnership with DHCC
[:en]Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai chose to be located in Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC). The hospital shares the same goal as DHCC; “Dubai Healthcare City will become the internationally recognised location of choice for quality healthcare and an integrated centre of excellence for clinical and wellness services, medical education and research.” For more information on DHCC,… Continue reading Our Partnership with DHCC
Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai Vision, Mission & Values
Vision Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai aims to be the finest Eye Hospital in the Middle East by treating every patient with honesty, respect and according to their individual needs. Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai also contributes to education and research programs to encourage and facilitate world-class teaching within the region. Moorfields Mission The Moorfields Eye… Continue reading Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai Vision, Mission & Values
Our 200 Years Heritage
At the beginning of the 19th century, ophthalmology was an unknown science. That all changed in the early 1800s as many soldiers returned from the Napoleonic wars suffering with trachoma. With the epidemic as an impetus, and coupled with the encouragement of the influential London surgeon Astley Cooper, John Cunningham Saunders founded the first hospital… Continue reading Our 200 Years Heritage
