Call for new eye hospital
The Scottish Government has been urged to include a new eye hospital in its budget, in order to save Borderers’ sight.
The current Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion on Chalmers Street in Edinburgh is deemed not suitable for purpose and fears have been expressed over what will happen if anyone needs emergency treatment outside the Borders Eye Centre’s opening times.
Rachael Hamilton MSP said: “A new eye hospital would bring tremendous benefits, and would help improve waiting times for ophthalmic operations and services.
“As we start to lift restrictions in the coming weeks and months, we will need extra capacity to deal with a backlog of cancellations, so closing any NHS services at this time would be damaging”.