On May 1, 2010 the BC Government is going to blind-side the people of our province by making it no longer necessary to get a proper eye examination in order to buy glasses or contact lenses. The cost-benefit analysis of the HST is something the government of BC may indeed be correct about, but the concept that both Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon and the right honourable Premier Gordon Campbell have stated that there is no such thing as an asymptomatic eye condition has no basis on reality and is blatant ignorance of how the eye gets ravaged by diseases that can sneak up on us all.

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On Sunday 11Apr2010 I had the opportunity of speaking with a fairly large gathering of Optometrists from across British Columbia at a conference they were holding at the UBC Eye Care Centre. I was invited to talk about how best to work together in caring for patients with glaucoma as well as an update on my practice. This was an exciting opportunity given my involvement with this blog that Dr Hom and I started that deals with that very subject, as well as my work on the Canadian Glaucoma Society’s subcommittee on Inter-professional care of patients with glaucoma.

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