Proudly serving Victorians since
1863, the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
is a state-wide teaching, training
and research health service. Specialising in
eye, ear, nose and throat (ENT)
medicine, it is Australia's pre-eminent specialty eye and ear hospital.
With your help, we can raise the extra funds needed to develop new treatments, research eye and hearing conditions and share our knowledge across the community.
72 year old Herbie from Broadmeadows is just one of our patients who has benefited from a new treatment.
Herbie had noticed his eyesight was getting worse and after years of driving a truck and getting dust in his eyes, he wasn’t surprised.
Our tests confirmed Herbie had AMD – age related macular degeneration. It’s the leading cause of blindness in Australia, and causes almost half of severe vision loss.
A trial for a new treatment for AMD saved Herbie’s sight.
“The vision in my right eye is 100 per cent and I have a bit of a blur in my left eye but I am as happy as a pig in mud! I reckon I’ve got another 30 years to look forward to and I need my sight for that.”
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