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Optometry is the healthcare profession focused on eye care, vision testing, and prescribing corrective lenses.
Spectacles (glasses) to correct refractive errors of the eye; not invasive. Contact lenses. to correct refractive errors of the eye; a little invasive. Phoropter. used in refraction testing. Tonometers. used to determine the intraoccular pressure (IOP) - useful in glaucoma; video link for various types of tonometers.
Geminiano T. de Ocampo was a Filipino ophthalmologist known to some as the "Father of Modern Philippine Ophthalmology". [1] [2] He was the founder of the Philippine Eye Bank. He graduated valedictorian of his class at the Bulacan High School in 1926. He established the first eye hospital in the Philippines, De Ocampo Eye Hospital (1952) and the ...
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. [3] Following a medical degree, a doctor specialising in ophthalmology must pursue additional postgraduate residency training specific to that field. This may include a one-year integrated internship that involves more general medical training in other fields such as internal medicine or ...
The Asian Hospital and Medical Center (often known as "Asian"), established on May 11, 2002, is the first private tertiary hospital built in the southern part of Metro Manila, with Jorge Garcia, MD, an alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas, as its founding chairman. [2] It currently stands on a land area within Filinvest City, Alabang, Muntinlupa ...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic Act 6111 or the Philippine Medical Care Act ...
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Hospital of the Infant Jesus – Laong Laan Street, Sampaloc. Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center – San Lazaro Compound, Rizal Avenue, Santa Cruz. Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital – Numancia St. Binondo Manila. Manila Doctors Hospital – 667 United Nations Avenue, Ermita. Maria Clara Health Center and Lying–in Clinic – Maria ...