Page 1 Story November 2008
Specsavers to have ‘MCG-size’ new facility at Port Melbourne
Specsavers has unveiled plans for a massive expansion of its operations in Australia and New Zealand, with the acquisition of a huge new integrated 140,000 square feet (13,000 sq m) manufacturing and operational facility in Port Melbourne. It is expected that more than 200 new jobs will be created in 2009 as part of the investment. Click on 'November 2008' for complete story. (top left)

Insight November 2008 Contents
Cambodia awards top medal to Fred Hollows Foundation
The Cambodian Government has awarded The Fred Hollows Foundation with a rare medal of honour, acknowledging the Australian organisation’s contribution to preventing unnecessary blindness in the country. The National Development Medal was presented to The Fred Hollows Foundation’s CEO, Brian Doolan, at the official opening of a new eye clinic in Prey Veng Province in south western Cambodia on 5 November. The medal has only ever been awarded to a handful of international non-government organisations. Click on 'November 2008' for complete story. (top left)

New refractive-surgery degree course at University of Sydney
Refractive surgery is one of the fastest growing areas in ophthalmology, however until now, training in this field has been difficult to access. The Graduate Diploma in Medicine (Refractive Surgery) and the Master of Medicine (Refractive Surgery) degree program developed by The Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney in collaboration with the Universities of Auckland and Otago aims to address that gap.Click on 'November 2008' for complete story. (top left)

Ocular imaging centre scans and diagnoses for all practitioners
A new optical-imaging centre has been opened in Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre by the founder and first chief executive officer of Vision Group Holdings, Dr Harry Unger, who resigned as a director of that company in September and who relinquished his executive duties last month. Eyescan, which has no connection with Vision Group, has been established to perform ocular scanning and diagnosis for ophthalmologists and optometrists who do not have their own scanning equipment. Also as a service for GPs and physicians. Click on 'November 2008' for complete story. (top left)

Painted-on eyeball-stiffener could treat certain ocular conditions
Painting the cornea with a solution containing the chemical sodium nitrite that makes it stiffer could provide a simple treatment for certain kinds of ocular conditions, including progressive myopia, keratoconus, keratectasia and glaucoma, according to a new patent application in the United States.Click on 'November 2008' for complete story. (top left)