In the modern world, there is no problem with going to the hospital - however, in a paid one. All kinds of private clinics of various profiles are more than enough in every city. including ophthalmic. Among such medical centers in Moscow there is an ophthalmological center "Doctor Vizus". We tell about the history of its appearance, services, contacts and other important information below.
Doctor Vizus Ophthalmological Center, Moscow: milestones in history
The life of ophthalmology under the name "Doctor Visus" began in the capital in 1997. It was then that a division of the Oko Excimer company was opened there, which at first was considered exclusively a branch, but later turned into an independent eye clinic.
Two years after the start of work, "Doctor Visus" began to cooperate with the Moscow Ophthalmological Hospital,which has been helping people solve vision problems for almost two hundred years. On the basis of the clinic, a special treatment center for the above-mentioned ophthalmology was opened. A year later, Doctor Vizus acquired a number of new partners. They were the Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Department of Eye Diseases of the Medical University, MNTK "Eye Microsurgery".
Clinic Benefits
Why should people who have certain vision problems choose Doctor Vizus from the whole wide range of ophthalmological hospitals, centers, polyclinics? This medical institution has a lot of advantages. And the first one is the newest high quality equipment supplied from the United States, Germany, France and Japan. High-class specialists work on such equipment - in the ophthalmological center "Doctor Vizus" all doctors have special training, a high level of knowledge and extensive experience.
It was Doctor Vizus who was one of the first centers in Russia to apply the procedure of laser correction of presbyopia - farsightedness that develops due to age. To date, this operation has been worked out by the specialists of the center so thoroughly that it is carried out, as they say, “without a hitch.”
In the ophthalmological center "Doctor Visus" in Moscow, among others, they use, among others, the most advanced and high-precision laser correction method to date - it is called "FemtoLasik" and is performed on a special "last generation" laser. And in this ophthalmology there isa special program that allows you to detect existing vision problems in children and adolescents at an early stage. This makes it possible to prevent possible serious consequences, to crush the beginning illness in the bud.
Thus, the ophthalmological center "Doctor Visus" has a lot of advantages. Let's find out what services are offered in this clinic.
Center Services
Whatever the specialists of "Doctor Vizus" do! This clinic provides services for diagnostics, laser correction, treatment of the retina, glaucoma, cataracts and other various diseases, injections, optics are selected … Read more about some types of services.
Diagnostic Services
In "Doctor Visus" there is an opportunity to undergo a thorough examination - in order to detect the disease in time and stop it in the bud. Examination is necessary in order to select the most effective method of treatment and reduce the likelihood of complications. Here they make diagnostics before surgery, diagnostics for children, diagnostics for pregnant women - there are separate programs for all categories of citizens.
So, for example, the children's program includes the diagnosis of visual acuity, determining the presence or absence of strabismus, measuring intraocular pressure, examining the fundus, and so on. All procedures are absolutely painless, as they are performed using the latest technology and do not cause any discomfort even to the smallest patients.
Pregnant womenin the ophthalmological center "Doctor Vizus" it is recommended to undergo vision diagnostics twice - in the middle and at the end of the term. In addition, it would be nice to undergo an examination when planning a pregnancy. Diagnostics of the vision of expectant mothers involves the study of the fundus and close monitoring of the state of the retina. In the event that the doctor finds any changes that cause concern, the woman will not be allowed to give birth naturally - she will be sent for a caesarean section.
The cost of various diagnostic services at Doctor Visus ranges from two hundred to two and a half thousand rubles.
Laser Correction Services
Laser correction in the ophthalmological center "Doctor Visus" on Kalanchevskaya is performed on different devices and using different technologies: "Lasik", "EpiLasik", "FemtoLasik", "SuperLasik" … The latest of them, as mentioned earlier, is considered "FemtoLasik" - a procedure performed using an excimer laser correction on a femtosecond laser. This means, if you explain more or less "Russian language", that the intervention is performed without mechanical impact - unlike other procedures. Mechanical impact does not allow operations on a thin cornea - therefore, FemtoLasik makes this procedure possible.
The approximate cost of laser correction using the FemtoLasik method varies from 48 to 55 thousand rubles. In other ways - from 22 to 39 thousand rubles.
Optical Services
In Doctor Visus optics you can pick up contact lenses, night lenses, glasses (including sunglasses). It is permissible to choose glasses both ready-made and order your own. The choice of lenses is huge: there are one-day lenses, there are two-week lenses, there are monthly ones; you can find both simple, regular lenses and colored ones…
The cost of monthly lenses is in the range of one and a half to two thousand, night lenses - from five to seventeen thousand, glasses can be selected from two and a half thousand and more.
Clinic specialists
The head doctor of ophthalmology at Doctor Vizus is Galina Nazarova, a doctor of the highest category and doctor of medical sciences. She has been in her post since 1998, and in general, her work experience has been for 25 years already.
As mentioned above, all the clinic's specialists are highly qualified professionals, doctors who know and love their job. All of them have rich experience, they have many different internships, certificates, certificates and the like. Among the doctors of the center there are both "ordinary" doctors and candidates and doctors of sciences. There are just ophthalmologists, but there are ophthalmic surgeons (for example, Alexander Samoilenko - in the photo above) and even cosmologists (Pavel Erastov).
Operation: how to behave before and after
At a consultation before a vision correction operation in any ophthalmological center (including Doctor Visus, of course), the future patient is told how to behave on the day of the operation and not only. Interestingly, the recommendations for behavior in vision correction and cataract treatment differ – at least inthe center we are discussing in this material. So, when correcting vision, Doctor Visus specialists advise not to wear contact lenses for several weeks/days before surgery (depending on hardness/softness), not to use cosmetics on the day of the procedure (if the patient is a woman), not to drink alcohol before and after surgery, come to the procedure with someone and be sure to bring sunglasses.
But in the treatment of cataracts, it is necessary to first drip the eyes with special means, do not eat before the operation, after it drink certain pills and drip the eyes according to a special scheme. The doctors of "Doctor Visus" pay special attention to the fact that strict adherence to their recommendations directly affects the quality of the operation. By the way, an important fact: laser correction is not recommended during pregnancy and lactation.
Contact information
For a long time in a row, Doctor Visus ophthalmology was located on the basis of an ophthalmological hospital in Mamonovsky Lane. However, for several years the clinic has had its own spacious premises. It is located at: Kalanchevskaya street, house 17. This is the house where the Bolshevichka factory is located - you need to go up to the second floor and you will get to the ophthalmology.
The center also has its own official website, which lists both contact numbers and email addresses where you can contact the clinic's specialists. Get to the ophthalmologyCenter "Doctor Vizus", according to patients, is not at all difficult - you just need to get to the metro station "Red Gate" or "Komsomolskaya". In the first case, leaving the metro, you can immediately find yourself on the desired street, in the second, you should go through Komsomolskaya Square. Crossing the road from the Kazansky railway station, you will find yourself directly in front of the seventeenth house on Kalanchevskaya street.
"Doctor Vizus": reviews
Now it's time to talk about the opinion of the center of its former clients. As usual, there are good ones and bad ones. So, among the positive reviews of patients about the ophthalmological center "Doctor Vizus" there are words about the magical hands of specialists (thus, Alexander Samoylenko, already mentioned above, is called a sorcerer), thanks to which nothing is scary; that all procedures are easy and painless, that the atmosphere in the clinic is friendly and inviting. People write that the treatment prescribed by the doctors of the center helps immediately. Reviews of the operation in "Doctor Visus" are full of gratitude for the work done successfully.
Among the negative opinions are words about disrespect for other people's time: in particular, people note that, having come to the clinic by appointment, they sat in line for several hours and never waited for their appointment. There are also reviews of an indifferent attitude and negligent examination, but there are still a few such words - the vast majority are satisfied with "Doctor Vizus".
This is the information about the ophthalmological center "Doctor Vizus" inMoscow. And to become his clients or not - everyone decides for himself.