I have a slight discomfort in my left eye since last two and half years. I am suffering from dryness. My regular eye specialist is Dr. Gary Morrow. Toronto’s famous Michael Garone Hospital has a vast array of surgeons and degrees in Ophthalmology. Since I am past sixty and have diabetes he sees my eyes twice a year.
He doesn’t care much about my dryness. They only ask to use a type of liquid gel called Eye-Drop MGD or wipes called Eye Lid N Lash, and ask to eat Omega Three soft gel. I follow what the doctor says. I go to Dhaka every year.
Dr. Ali Akbar is a very senior eye specialist. I have known him since I worked in Vichitra. At that time he was sitting in College Optico in Vijay Nagar. Now sitting in Bangladesh Eye Hospital in Dhanmondi. I went to him one day. He did various tests and said Jasim your dryness. He said it was better to be a little teary. He gave a drop called Inceptor Freshfill.
Before that I also went to Evercare once. There, the doctor gave the same type of drops after an examination for 12,000 rupees. Bangladesh Eye Hospital took only 2/3 thousand rupees. This year I went to Kolkata. Suddenly I thought let’s see a doctor here. Just crosscheck. I hear who said what. Basically, I started researching the eyes.
I told my friend Ranu to make an appointment with a good doctor. He took it to Apollo one day. A young eye specialist there saw. The fee had to be paid only Rs.1200. He said the same. Dryness. He gave an eyedrop called Cysten.
Canadian eye-drop gel or N lash wipes are quite expensive. Eye-drops are about fifty dollars each. Bangladesh Freshfill seems to be more effective than Systane and cheaper too. I have more confidence in doctors in Bangladesh than any other country except Canada and the medicine there is also of international standard.
