Photo tech takes the diabetic closer to regular eye check-ups

Surveys show that 25 per cent of all local diabetic patients have related eye diseases and 10 per cent of whom are at risk of going blind.

Kibata Githeko, a consultant ophthalmologist and vitreo-retinal (paediatrics) eye surgeon at Upperhill Eye and Laser Centre, says that losing eyesight or becoming partially sighted as a diabetic has far reaching consequences, including limited participation in economic activity.