Chief ophthalmologist in St. Petersburg Yuriy Astakhov. Illustration: geropharm.ru
In St. Petersburg continues growth of eye diseases. As a reporter BakuToday, today, 24 January, at a meeting of City Government in Smolny Chief ophthalmologist city Yuri Astakhov.
Specialist emphasized that more than 66 thousands of Petersburgers suffer glaucoma, about the same number don’t know about his diagnosis, over 119 thousand-diabetic retinopathy, more than 150 thousand-cataract.
In recent years, more than 2 times the number of visits to ophthalmologists, 6-7 persons per hour-this is the load on the doctor’s clinic, which is above the ministerial regulations.
As noted by Yuriy astakhov, “modernization of the Petersburg health fully solve the problem of assistance to the ophthalmological patients”. Specialist reported that in 2012, will occur on 4 outpatient surgery Center. Yuriy Astakhov recalled that only College, which trains professional optometrist students on selection of glasses and lenses, fails, because there is a shortage of such professionals not only in the city, but also in the country. Chief ophthalmologist in St. Petersburg believes that it is necessary to organize University optometry education in universities of the city.
Georgy Poltavchenko asked the Governor of the city of Yuri Astakhova to prepare proposals for training professionals in higher education and to allocate them to the Vice Governor Vasily Kičedži.
In St. Petersburg has 77 oftol′mogičeskih cabinets in out-patient clinics, specialist clinics, 14 glaukomnyh in 2012, should be completed repairs to the urban center of ophthalmology.
