Take steps to save your sight from macular degeneration

By Lisa Wachsmuth
May 24 2016 - 3:30pm
In check: Dapto optometrist Malinda Halley gives patient Mary Petre a macula check to look for any early signs of macular degeneration - the nation's leading cause of severe vision loss. Picture: Georgia Matts
In check: Dapto optometrist Malinda Halley gives patient Mary Petre a macula check to look for any early signs of macular degeneration - the nation's leading cause of severe vision loss. Picture: Georgia Matts

More than 14,000 South Coast residents are affected by macular degeneration, and that’s expected to increase by nearly 50 per cent in the next 15 years.

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