Bangkok--Mar 22--Rutnin-Gimbel
Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Public Health Minister, presides the grand opening of Rutnin-Gimbel Near Vision Center, owned by Rutnin-Gimbel Co., Ltd., a subsidiary company of Rutnin Eye Hospital, located on Asoke Road. Dr. Jingjai Hanchanlash, the company’s chairman, along with 60 honorable guests, welcomes Mr. Anutin.
Rutnin-Gimbel Near Vision Center offers the conductive keratoplasty system (CK) for the near vision patients without cutting cornea or removing cornea tissue; however, the ophthalmologist will use a probe with size of 90 x 450 micron to spot at outer cornea for 8, 16, 24 or 32 dots respectively depending upon a refractive error. Then, CK technology applies radio waves of 350 KHz to shrink the small areas of collagen. This shrink pattern creates a constructive band like the tightening belt, increases the overall curvature of the cornea to bring near vision into focus. The CK system will take 2-3 minutes of operation. The patients can be at home right after treatment.
Mrs. Orranuch WiWatjaroenkit, managing director of Rutnin — Gimbel Co, says the CK system is a newest technology which has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (U.S.FDA) and has been introduced into the market last year. It is also an impressive safety profile with nominal incidence of side effects and a few complications related to surgical treatment. Until now there is no report on losing eyes after treatment.
However, CK treatment is counted as alternative for the patients who do not want to wear glasses because they would not like to look older than real age, lose confidence or lack of agility in living life, says Mrs. Orranuch.
Earlier Rutnin-Gimbel Co has set up Rutnin-Gimbel Excimer Laser Eye Center for treatments with Lasik, PRK, Lasek, Phakic Intraocular Lens and Refractive Lensectomy.
“Rutnin-Gimbel Near Vision Center will strengthen the company and Rutnin Eye Hospital as the eye expert which can provide a full range of all eye solutions to patients,” Mrs. Orranuch adds.
In the first three months after opening Rutnin-Gimbel Near Vision Center, the company expects to provide CK treatments for 100 eyes a month and up to 200 eyes a month by the end of this year, says Mrs. Orranuch. The company also has policy to limit of CK treatment because it would like to provide the best and most efficient service to its patients. At the beginning, Rutnin Eye Hospital has more than100,000 patients with over 40 year old who can be the center’s patient candidates. Meanwhile, by the end of this year the company plans to have more ophthalmologists and larger centers.
Rutnin — Gimbel Co is the cooperation between Rutnin Eye Hospital, the first private hospitals in Thailand to perform eye refractive surgery and Canada's internationally respected institute for Excimer laser eye surgery. The company, which has the ophthalmologists with over 10 years of experience, offers a full range of options for vision correction solutions: LASIK, PRK, LASEK, Phakic Intraocular Lens and Refractive Lensectomy. It also offers the world’s first LASIK technology, Platinum Zyoptix 100, with Iris Recognition and 3D Eye Tracking for superior safety and accuracy.
You can find more information about Rutnin-Gimbel Near Vision Center and Rutnin-Gimbel Excimer Laser Eye Center by calling tel. 0-2639-3355 or visiting www.rutningimbel.com. End.