Stop illegal eye-care practice

I was recently told by qualified and licensed eye-care professionals that they were forced to compete with unqualified and unlicensed practitioners.

These unqualified eye-care professionals comprise of individuals who have no relevant education background and experience relating to optometry.

They also operate their businesses illegally, not just providing their clients, young and old, incorrect prescriptions for eyeglasses and lenses, but are also unable to diagnose, treat and manage eye diseases or disorders.

These fake professionals go to the extent of buying fake licences and qualifications to enable them to operate.

As a result, the Malaysian public is fooled by such charlatans, who only care about making money.

Optometry, like any other health sciences profession, consists of optometry education, certification and practice, which are regulated in most countries and the local and international optometry councils.

It is a practice as tough as medicine and dentistry, requiring that the candidate not only score straight As in his Form Six and/or pre-university entrance exams, but also spend at least five years studying for a Bachelors Degree in optometry at university, usually overseas, in countries like Britain, New Zealand, the US, Ireland and Australia.

This is then followed by one or two years of practicum at a hospital or optometry shop under the supervision of a qualified and experienced practitioner. Upon the successful completion of optometry school and practicum, the candidate would be eligible to register as an optometrist with the optometry council. All qualified, licensed eye-care professionals are also required to undertake courses to stay current on the latest standards of eye care.

A true qualified, licensed optometrist not only knows about ocular health, handles his optical instruments properly, and is able to make a diagnosis, but is always able and willing to deliver great eye-care service to the community.

I do not want to see the future generation, especially children, suffering from non-treatable, serious eye problems as a result of a failed diagnosis by illegal, unqualified eye-care professionals.

I hope the Health Ministry and the authorities will put a stop to their illegal trade before more harm is done.

Qualified, licensed eye-care optometrists do not deserve to be replaced by these charlatans.

In the person s life, there would be short-sightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism or old flower, it will take time with a pair of glasses. But wearing the results differ widely, some people will be wearing a discomfort, such as dizziness, especially the computer screen in a long time before the work of the people, it is easy for a visual fatigue in the main characteristics of the eye, medical known as the terminal of ophthalmopathy. The reason, of which 60% are caused by the refraction inaccurate. So, how can with a comfortable but also from the health care role of the glasses? This requires accurate medical optometry.

Here to promote medical optometry, is not usually in the former optician s shop glasses optometry, the ordinary routine optometry. Conventional optometry results just let ametropia to see clearly, and medical optometry not only want to see patients with health-care functions. Medical optometry are the main characteristics of the various wear under the different states, tailor measured optometry degree. For example, when we were binocular vision, we must have an eye playing a dominant role, we call it the eyes, the eyes of the eyes of image quality is often better than the other eye, as some people work to the right mainly, it was customary to the left mainly the same. Medicine, including the contents of optometry degree in optometry, eyes, accommodation, binocular single vision, functional convergence advancement pool, eyes adjusting balance, as the main focus of identification, issued by the above situation final comprehensive scientific prescription.

Medical refraction effect is superior to conventional optometry, optometry after by the medical wear eyeglasses or contact lenses, will not happen as fatigue, and to be effective in preventing computer terminals of the occurrence of disease. As conventional optometry and did not take into account other aspects of visual function, that is, binocular single vision function, three-dimensional visual function and other factors, as is prone to fatigue, or even myopia (to focus effects). Medical optometry after Lasik surgery, after a hand under correction will be greatly reduced, it could also reduce postoperative visual fatigue.

Additional information :

From www.mmail.com.my:
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To be licensed, optometrists must earn a Doctor of Optometry degree from an accredited optometry school and pass the appropriate exams administered.
Information about the academy, including research databases, member directories and information on optometry.
Learn what optometrists do, how much money optometrists earn, what advancement opportunities exist for optometrists, what training.
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The primary purpose and obligation of the Board of Examiners in Optometry is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public by providing.