Patients going blind: 36,000 ophthalmology patients overdue for tests amid high demand

The pressure on eye health services has continued to grow as the population ages.

The Ophthalmology NZ chair says there's a "tsunami" of increased demand from an ageing population, poor IT systems, and staff shortages.

MANILA, Philippines — The Human Organ Preservation Effort of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (HOPE-NKTI) is encouraging the public to become organ donors for the more than 500 individuals in the country currently in need of a transplant. According to Dr. Anthony Russel Villanueva, head of HOPE-NKTI, the av