Director’s sight saved by optometrist brother

Uan Gohil, store director at Specsavers in Derby, had his sight saved after his brother noticed something wrong with his eyes.

Uan began experiencing flashes and floaters in his eyes last month, so asked optometrist and brother Glyn to perform an eye test.

Using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) machine, Glyn identified an abnormality in his brother’s eyes.

‘I could immediately see that there was a problem with Uan’s retina,’ said Glyn. ‘After dilating his eyes with drops, I could clearly identify a hole in the membrane.’

Glyn immediately sent Uan to the Royal Derby Hospital, where the ophthalmologist found an additional two retinal holes.