Ophthalmic optics company Essilor has recently opened the Essilor Sight Center at the Centro Escolar University in Manila.
The center is a training facility equipped with the latest eye care equipment for the use of the university’s Optometry students.
Located on the second floor of CEU’s School of Optometry, the Essilor Sight Center has four refraction rooms, a lecture area, and a dispensing area. These are designed to give students hands-on experience in doing eye exams and dispensing eye glasses to patients, with equipment that include Essilor advanced measuring devices for presbyopia among many others.
“We are very grateful to Essilor for partnering with CEU. Thousands of students will be trained at one of the most advanced facilities to be established in a university,” said CEU School of Optometry dean Dr. Elena Borromeo.
Top executives of Essilor flew in to grace the inauguration. Essilor AMERA and Digital president Bernhard Neusser and Essilor Asean and Korea president Kathy Park joined the inauguration rites together with Essilor Philippines general manager Dr. Emelita Roleda.
According to Neusser, the collaboration is in line with Essilor’s global thrust to support the training of future eye doctors. “With poor eyesight being the major handicap worldwide, our mission is to improve lives by improving sight. To provide good vision, we need optometrists and this partnership with CEU will make that possible.”
At present, the growing cases of vision-related problems demand for capable eye care professionals. “CEU and Essilor share the same vision of developing the best optometrists with hands-on training and the best quality of equipment,” said Park.
For her part, Dr. Borromeo emphasized the importance of the partnership between the company and the university. “This opportunity will enable us to improve our services by allowing our students to utilize the instruments they will use in the future.”