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Optician for children

  • 21-01-2010 09:29AM
    #1
    rolypoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭


    Does anyone know of an optician that does eye test on small kids - 2yr old - .........:)


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Moved from Galway to Eyeglasses.
    Tbh, it's probably just quicker to ring the various opticians.


  • #3
    alibabba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,240 ✭✭✭alibabba


    Call to specsavers eyre sq centre, ask for Noel Meehan , best to call and book appointment with him.
    excellent

    i had my two kids in there just after christmas, brilliant service


  • #4
    Moonbeam
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    Ring the public health nurse and ask


  • #5
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 19,019 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    I recently leanred that opticians are only suitable for kids over 12 and that you need to bring them to an ophthalmologist.
    To go public get a referal from your phn and it takes about 9-12 months for the appointment or go private with the referal and it costs but only takes about 3 months.
    This was my experience in Dublin North.


  • #6
    jeoun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭jeoun


    rolypoly wrote: »
    Does anyone know of an optician that does eye test on small kids - 2yr old - .........:)

    Dr Geraldine Comer, Galway Clinic, Doughiska specialises in younger children


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  • #7
    IanMcLeish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13 ✭IanMcLeish


    Moonbeam wrote: »
    I recently leanred that opticians are only suitable for kids over 12 and that you need to bring them to an ophthalmologist.
    To go public get a referal from your phn and it takes about 9-12 months for the appointment or go private with the referal and it costs but only takes about 3 months.
    This was my experience in Dublin North.

    Not the case, optometrists can test children of any age, but obviously for a very young child there is a limit of what tests can be performed. That is true in the local optometrist or the ophthalmologist.


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