The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s optometry department has been given a R600k software donation.
|||The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s optometry department has been bolstered with a software donation of R600 000 from Digital Optometry.
Handing the programme over at the university’s Westville campus on Monday, Graham Chrich, an optometrist from donors Digital Optometry, said Spectrum High Care would make life easier for students.
The days of doing eye tests with eye charts would soon be gone.
“This software has more accuracy,” he said. Optometrists would need only the program loaded on to a laptop.
Optometry lecturer Rekha Hansraj said it would be a big help to the students.
“I used to manually fit lenses when I was younger and now these students will have everything digitally.”
”It also caters for different ages and different people because it has various languages and has pictures displayed on the screen which will not distract people.”
Chrich presented all third- and fourth-year students with their own Spectrum Eye Care software and support packs.
He also announced that the top student in optometric studies could win a prize worth R25 000 from Digital Optometry which would include a laptop, case and two-year software sponsorship once they were in professional practice. - The Mercury