Emergency Optometrist
Eye Care Services

At E Eye Place, our main priority is the people’s safety. That includes you and the staff. We want to make sure that we provide service without risking everyone’s health. Whilst seeing patients in person remains the gold standard, we offer telehealth services when you require an immediate assessment for your condition during times where face-to-face care are affected by unprecedented situations.

A telehealth video call allows us to have a look for any obvious issues of the external surfaces of the eye, and how the muscles around the eye function. During the appointment, we will ask targeted questions to understand what may be the issue and discuss with you how to manage your symptoms or ascertain if further investigations or referrals are warranted. We may also triage other conditions, such as vision changes and determine if you need an in-office visit.

Yes! It’s certainly possible to get your eye exam and prescription glasses on the same day at E Eye Place.

We have an in-house optical lab so we can make eyeglass lenses in about an hour. However, some lens powers, frames, and other requirements may need to be fabricated by optical laboratories. Therefore, the whole process can take longer.

Quick turnarounds are valuable especially when it’s an emergency. When it involves your vision, you surely want the best and most suitable for your needs.

If you require a more potent medicine for your eye condition, you’ve come to the right place! Our team of optometrists are therapeutically endorsed, which means we are Certified Ophthalmic Medicines Prescribers who does not just perform eye tests but can also prescribe Schedule 4 medicines for more serious eye conditions, low-dose atropine for myopia control and renewal of glaucoma medication prescriptions.

When you go to a regular optometrist, you will often be given a prescription for over-the-counter medicine for your dry eye, and common forms of conjunctivitis. However, this type of treatment is not always effective. Anti-biotics for contact lens wearers, anti-inflammatory medications, such as cyclosporin, flurbiprofen, and diclofenac, are prescription-only. Therefore, a regular optometrist is not allowed to give you a prescription for them.

It’s so much more convenient when you have a therapeutically endorsed optometrist, especially when you need medicine for your emergency eye condition. Our optometrist will diagnose and start treatment for pink eye, corneal abrasion, red-eye, and many others.

Pain is generally a driver for urgent care. When one or both eyes are painful, it can mean that there is infection or inflammation of the internal or external tissues of the eye, foreign bodies or acute conditions such as angle closure glaucoma, which should be treated right away. Some people wait, thinking that the pain will go away on its own. Unresolving eye pain should be evaluated as quickly as possible to increase the chance for a good recovery.

Traumatic eye injuries due to accidents are a common eye emergency. In most cases, an accident results in something getting into the eye, or blunt trauma to the tissues around the eye. These conditions should immediately be checked by an eye care practitioner.

Other symptoms to watch out for are loss of vision, light sensitivity, redness, swelling, and double vision. Without proper treatment, these symptoms can result in partial or even permanent vision loss. Some symptoms such as loss of vision or double vision are also warning signs of more sinister systemic conditions involving the brain, nerves or major blood vessels. Quite literally, the eye can be a window to your health!

Our professional eye and vision experts can provide urgent diagnosis,treatment and appropriate triagefor different conditions, including retinal detachment and angle-closure glaucoma, among many others.