Optometrist of the Year Kirit Patel was left elated after winning two honours at the Optician Awards and hailed the use of latest technology in today's profession.
Patel, who has been practising for 20 years, also picked up the Technology Practice of the Year Award for his Radlett Opticians practice in Radlett, Hertfordshire.
He said in an interview afterwards: 'Without technology we just can't work in optics anymore. It is like flying a plane with just a compass and a chart but not having GPS. We'd be really lost in practice without technology.'
Patel also thanked a globalised patient base for making him Optometrist of the Year.
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