Retina specialist pilot project launched in Dauphin
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The province is sending a retina specialist to Dauphin once a month to save patients in the Parkland region from having to make the trip to Winnipeg.
The pilot project announced Wednesday begins this fall, with a retina specialist travelling to Dauphin from the capital city to serve 60 to 80 patients each visit, a Manitoba government news release said.
Ashcroft Vision Care in Dauphin will provide clinic space for the visiting retinal specialists who diagnose retinal diseases and treat a wide variety of eye conditions including age-related macular degeneration, hereditary diseases of the eye, diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment and cancers of the eye. They also treat patients who have experienced severe eye trauma.
A retina specialist will travel to Dauphin once a month and see 60 to 80 patients each visit. (Jimmy Jeong / Edmonton Journal files)
The pilot project will be especially beneficial to patients who must travel to Winnipeg once a month for injections and currently face barriers due to a lack of access to care close to home including limited transportation options and additional expenses, Health Minister Audrey Gordon said in a news release.
Such patients often cannot travel alone, so travel and accommodation costs present an additional financial burden for families, the release said.
The province will cover travel expenses and supply costs to support the pilot project it says is in alignment with its clinical and preventive services plan goal to provide care closer to home. It will be evaluated after one year.