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Diabetes patients are set to benefit from faster treatment after Norfolk fundraisers donated a new laser eye machine to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
The chairman of the Norfolk Diabetes Trust formally presented the new equipment to the eye clinic at the hospital today after the charity raised ?42,000.
The new multispot laser replaces the hospital?s single spot laser to heal damaged eye blood vessels, which means diabetes patients can receive treatment in a single treatment, rather than having to attend the eye clinic on two or three occasions with the old equipment.
There are around 33,000 people with diabetes in Norfolk and the condition is the leading cause of sight loss in the Western world.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news..._new_laser_to_hospital_s_eye_clinic_1_1790195
The chairman of the Norfolk Diabetes Trust formally presented the new equipment to the eye clinic at the hospital today after the charity raised ?42,000.
The new multispot laser replaces the hospital?s single spot laser to heal damaged eye blood vessels, which means diabetes patients can receive treatment in a single treatment, rather than having to attend the eye clinic on two or three occasions with the old equipment.
There are around 33,000 people with diabetes in Norfolk and the condition is the leading cause of sight loss in the Western world.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news..._new_laser_to_hospital_s_eye_clinic_1_1790195