PEOPLE with eye conditions in Redditch will be among the beneficiaries of a kind donation from a grateful patient to the eye unit at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
The patient – who wants to remain anonymous – has donated £23,000 to the specialist glaucoma unit as a thank you for the ‘exceptional’ care they received from the team there.
The unit, which was previously voted ‘Best Glaucoma Unit in the UK’, has an exceptionally high success rate for complex cataract and glaucoma surgery.
Lead consultant Mr Tarun Sharma said the donation would be used to buy two new ocular response analysers, which use hi-tech measurements of the cornea to give the most accurate eye pressure readings.
“I feel proud to be the leader of such caring and talented team,” he said.
“I must congratulate the whole of our Worcestershire Eye team, and especially the glaucoma team. Thank you for your constant professionalism and care.
“This kind donation will help our assessment of glaucoma patients in the unit.
“Worcestershire is one of the very few departments in UK to have this facility which will now be available at all our sites.”
