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Hospital staff attend at 3 clinics in the Borough. They examine and follow up children referred from screening
sessions, prescribe glasses and refer those requiring special treatment.
Here prescribed lenses are being checked by reflection of light to see that they are still the correct ones.
Children with squints or suspected squints are seen by Orthoptists in the 3 Eye Clinics. Using this aparatus,
while the child sees colourful pictures and indicates when he sees the lion in his den or the canary in its cage
the orthoptist is able to measure the angle of the squint, and by other pictures, if both eyes are functioning.
Depending on the cause, squints are treated by occlusion, surgery or glasses or some by following with the
eyes the pictures while they are moved.