Cataract operations on the rise

More than 1,000 cataract operations were carried out January and September, Health Minister Joe Cassar said. Over the past two months, nearly 250 operations took place at Mater Dei Hospital and more than 130 at Saint James Hospital in Sliema, Dr Cassar...

More than 1,000 cataract operations were carried out January and September, Health Minister Joe Cassar said.

Over the past two months, nearly 250 operations took place at Mater Dei Hospital and more than 130 at Saint James Hospital in Sliema, Dr Cassar said during a visit to Saint James Eye Clinic.

At St James, patients are receiving the corrective eye surgery for free. Dr Cassar said the government was paying reasonable rates and these were working out to be cheaper than the same operations at Mater Dei.

The initiative is intended to cut down on waiting lists for cataract operations.

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