ophthalmology

The ophthalmology department receives patients from all socio-professional categories, from all backgrounds and all pathologies.

The most frequently encountered pathologies are: 

In children:

·        Childhood eye trauma

·        Limbo conjunctivitis endemic to the tropics or LCET

·        Conjunctivitis: allergic, bacterial

·        Ametropia

·        Amblyopia

·        Strabismus

·        Cataracts 

·        Congenital pathologies

In adults:

·        Eye trauma

·        Ametropia

·        Glaucoma

·        Chronic pathologies: hypertension, diabetes, sickle cell disease, dyslipidemia

·        Cataracts

·        Maculopias

The activities of the ophthalmology department are organized to effectively deal with the pathologies encountered:

·        Consultations,

·        Management of medical and surgical ophthalmological emergencies

·        Surgeries,

·        Hospitalizations,

·        Support for other hospital services

Temporal organization:

·        Most often patients are treated on an outpatient basis.

·        Consultations are held every day of the week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

·        Paraclinical examinations are carried out every Wednesday.

·        Small surgeries are performed on schedule on Monday or Thursday.

·        Adult surgeries are carried out in the department on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

·        Infant surgeries are carried out by programming in the central operating room.

·        Five hospitalization beds are open for monitoring and treatment of ophthalmological emergencies.

The average of our actions is summarized as follows for the last 12 months:

·        Nearly 4,500 consultations + 500 eyeglass prescriptions

·        Around a hundred ultrasounds

·        A hundred visual fields

A hundred retinographies