Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Funding for eye drug decreases wait times and treatment costs
11 October 2018 - Government funding for an eye disease drug has decreased wait times and the cost of treatment, an eye specialist says.
Macular degeneration is disease which can cause loss of vision in the centre of the field of vision. In dry macular degeneration, the centre of the retina deteriorates. With wet macular degeneration, leaky blood vessels grow under the retina.
Auckland businessman John Gilbert found out in his early 50s he had early onset macular degeneration.
