Piovella (Soi): ‘Eyes control 84% relationships with the outside, sight-saving prevention’

“Prevention allows us to safeguard the sight which controls 84% ​​of relations with the outside world. A simple eye doctor visit provides prevention, diagnosis, therapy, prescription and cure, with just one access we safeguard our sight for life in practice”. So Matteo Piovella, president of the Italian Ophthalmological Society (Soi) speaking at the presentation of the toll free numbers of public utility attributed to the scientific societies Sin (nephrology), Sigo (gynecology and obstetrics), Anmco (hospital cardiology) and Soi (ophthalmology), accredited by the Ministry of Health and affiliated to the Federation of Italian Medical Scientific Societies (Fism). “The requests are for the great concern of losing sight, people know that there is potential to be calm, 70% of vision diseases that will then follow during the life span we can detect them from childhood”.