Busselton Health Campus performed the most eye surgeries in WA last month – beating tertiary hospitals in the metropolitan region.
In the past 12 months alone, the hospital has performed more than 1500 eye surgeries.
The hospital is equipped to perform up to 15 eye operations per day.
Busselton Health Campus Surgical Services clinical nurse manager Heather Thomson said all eye surgery was previously performed in Bunbury.
“Here in Busselton we now have state-of-the-art equipment and a group of very experienced clinicians that enabled operating lists to move to Busselton,” she said.
“We’re definitely regarded as the centre for eye excellence in the South West.”
Ms Thomson said historically, eye conditions like cataracts meant major surgery coupled with an extended recovery time, however at Busselton Health Campus the operation now took around 15 minutes.
Collie resident Peter Corradetti said he was surprised at how quick his eye procedure at the health campus was and praised the staff for their professionalism.
“If it wasn’t for the sticky tape over my eye, I would have been able to see fine,” he said.
“The procedure was quick and the staff fantastic.
“I’ll be back at work on Monday.”
Ms Thomson said the health campus had also started offering a relatively new surgical procedure for patients suffering from cataracts and glaucoma.
“It takes five minutes and sees the insertion of a tiny implant invisible to the human eye,” she said.
