Consultant alerts to danger of alternative medication for eye problems

An ophthalmologist, Dr Abdulwaheed Ibraheem, has warned against seeking alternative medications for eye care.

He stressed the importance of sight in human endeavours, adding that adequate care must be take to avoid any serious damage to the eyes in course of looking for solutions to what might have started as a minor eye problem.

Ibrahim, who is managing director of Health Custodian Limited, a private eye hospital, gave the advice in Ibadan, Oyo State, at the 12th edition of the clinic’s War Against Blindness crusade.

According to him, once someone goes blind, the person is dependent on others for ever.

He was reported in a statement by the hospital as emphasising that prevention is better than cure and urged people to periodically go for eye checks using only only the professionals.

He said the hospital’s bi-monthly War Against Blindness programme, a corporate social responsibility, was a way of giving back to the community, adding that it was a  philanthropic intervention started in 2020.

The statement also said. “On the occasion of the last edition of free eye screening, which covered two days, August 21-22, 2022, 131 cases were reviewed during which 143 bottles of eye medications were dispensed.”

The consultant said further that a total of 84 females and 47 males were attended to; 30 free eye glasses were issued and five patients had surgeries performed on them.

He added, “In spite of the low cost of surgeries, many could not afford them because of widespread poverty among the populace.”

Dr Ibraheem was assisted in the two day eye screening exercise by a consultant Ophthalmologist from the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan, Dr Olatoke Nafisat Oluwadamilola, according to the statement.