BWI: Moorfields Eye Hospital Purchases its 100th Keeler Indirect Ophthalmoscope

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Keeler Limited
Monday, September 12, 2011 10:00 AM IST (04:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People, Social issues; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Healthcare, biotechnology & pharmaceutical, Hospitality; Healthcare
--------------------------------------------------
Moorfields Eye Hospital Purchases its 100th Keeler Indirect Ophthalmoscope


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, September 12, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- In response to the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the UK purchasing its 100th Keeler Vantage Indirect ophthalmoscope, Keeler has donated a digital version, the Vantage Plus LED Digital, to the hospital.

Moorfields is one of the world's leading eye hospitals, providing expertise in clinical care, research, teaching and education. Keeler's relationship with Moorfields has spanned several decades and is reciprocal in nature. Keeler has worked very closely with Moorfields to develop its range of innovative products and ensure the ophthalmic equipment is at the forefront of hospital diagnostic care and tailored to the needs of the surgeon.

Mr Eric Ezra, MA, MD, FRCS, FRCSOphth, Director of Vitreo Retinal Surgery at Moorfields, has had significant influence in the design of the latest Vantage Plus indirect ophthalmoscope and Keeler's latest development, the Keeler Vantage Plus Digital. Mr Ezra commented: "Teaching is one of the key areas we are developing and the Keeler Vantage Plus Digital is a valuable tool that really helps us to show our Fellows what they need to be treating and the on-going progress of treatment. I have worked very closely with Laura Haverley at Keeler to ensure we get the right product that will enhance and develop this very important work."

Thamby Rajah, Clinical Sister and Out Patient Coordinator at Moorfields added: "One of my key responsibilities is to make sure that diagnostic equipment is available and ready to go and Keeler streamlines this process by ensuring products are up to date and working correctly. This helps to keep all of my clinics running smoothly so we can focus on patient care and making sure patients are diagnosed and treated without delay."

About Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Moorfields is one of the world's leading eye hospitals, providing expertise in clinical care, research and education. It has provided excellence in eye care for more than 200 years and continues to be at the forefront of new breakthroughs and developments. Moorfields is an integral part of one of the UK's first academic health science centres, UCL Partners, and recently celebrated five years as one of the country's first NHS foundation trusts.

Moorfields treats the entire range of eye diseases, from common complaints to rare conditions which require treatments not available anywhere else in the UK. The hospital dealt with more than 450,000 patient visits in 2010/11 at its main hospital base in London's City Road and at 19 other sites in and around the capital, enabling the provision of expert care closer to patients' homes.

With research partners at the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Moorfields runs one of the largest ophthalmic research programmes in the world and has the highest measure of scientific productivity and impact in the world for its research activity.

About Keeler

Keeler Limited (www.keeler.co.uk) is a market leading manufacturer of diagnostic, magnification and illumination products for optometrists, ophthalmologists, dentists, surgeons and veterinarians. Its headquarters are in Windsor in the United Kingdom and it has an office in the United States. The company is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange and has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as health, manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction and transport. Halma has an Indian hub in Mumbai, which opened in December 2008.

For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/ .

Photo 1: : http://halmapr.com/keeler/moorfields1.jpg(1.2 MB)

Photo 2: : http://halmapr.com/keeler/moorfields2.jpg(1.1 MB)


CONTACT DETAILS
Mahadev Dhuri India Sales Manager, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Mahadev.dhuri@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma Public Relations, +44 (0) 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, PEOPLE, SOCIAL, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, HOSPITALITY, HEALTHCARE

If you wish to change your Business Wire India selection please click on this link http://www.businesswireindia.com/media/news.asp and use your personal username and password to login.

Submit your press release at http://www.businesswireindia.com