Glaucoma responsible for about 25% of blindness, says Dr Festus Oshoba
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ladkem Eye Hospital, Dr Festus Oshoba, has warned that glaucoma accounts for about 25 per cent of blindness and often causes irreversible vision loss before patients become aware of the disease. Oshoba, who described glaucoma as the “thief of vision,” said the condition usually progresses without pain, redness…