RNIB and Specsavers tour Eye Pod for eye health issues

RNIB and Specsavers have teamed up to tour the Eye Pod across the country to raise awareness of eye health issues and the importance of eye tests.

The Eye Pod has two cameras installed that link up to screens inside, where people can view their surroundings with symptoms of each of the four main eye conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. The experience lasts for approximately one minute and will provide visitors with facts and statistics about each condition.

The campaign follows published statistics that reveal 250 people will develop problems with sight loss despite at least half of the cases being avoidable.