Eye Institute South - Now Open!
“Eye Institute South” is the specialist eye clinic that Eye Institute has just opened in South Auckland. It is the largest and best equipped private ophthalmic facility in South Auckland. Located in the heart of Manukau City, Eye Institute will be able to offer South Auckland patients a comprehensive range of sub-specialty services as well as minor in-office procedures.
Drs Trevor Gray, Nick Mantell and Simon Dean will spend time each week at the new clinic. Drs Gray and Mantell have been holding clinics at Gary Filer’s optometry practice for the past three years awaiting a suitable permanent facility to become available.
Manukau City continues to expand and grow and Eye Institute believes people prefer to travel locally for medical services rather than travel out of area. Eye Institute South is located in an extremely accessible location – on the corner of Te Irirangi and Great South Road with access directly off the Southern Motorway.
“It has always been our intention to have a dedicated and well equipped unit such as the ones we operate on the North Shore and in West Auckland. We now have a facility which fills our requirements for the growing population in South Auckland,” said Dr Trevor Gray.
Dr Nick Mantell feels this is an exciting new project that Eye Institute has been working toward for several years. “We have recognized the growing needs of South Auckland for some time. In recognition of this, Eye Institute South is the largest peripheral clinic in the group and will be able to provide comprehensive local ophthalmic care in a convenient location. This is an exciting step forward for private medical care in South Auckland and we expect other subspecialties to follow.”
The fully equipped eye clinic has five consulting rooms, a reception and waiting room area and a large diagnostic area with major instruments including an OCT for retina and glaucoma, topography unit and visual field machine. The three ophthalmologists based at the clinic have sub-specialist expertise in cataract surgery, keratoconus, epiretinal membranes, macular hole, medical retina, oculo-plastics and glaucoma. There will be facilities in the clinic for office procedures such as corneal cross-linking for keratoconus, intravitreal Avastin injections and other small procedures to take place.
“We are providing the highest quality local access private ophthalmic care in South Auckland. Not only are we providing the first dedicated multi-disciplinary ophthalmic unit but we are going to be offering local surgery at Ormiston Hospital, the first private hospital in Counties Manukau which opened last year,” said Dr Trevor Gray. The group now have the Auckland area covered with its four main clinics – Central, North Shore, West Auckland and now South Auckland. In addition to this Eye Institute holds clinics in Botany, New Lynn, Glenfield and Whangaparaoa.
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