{"id":13531,"date":"2023-10-27T22:36:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13531"},"modified":"2023-10-27T22:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:36:38","slug":"linden-hospital-offers-subsidized-spectacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/linden-hospital-offers-subsidized-spectacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Linden Hospital Offers Subsidized Spectacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Linden Hospital Complex has introduced a program offering prescription spectacles for both children and adults at a subsidized cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to this, the hospital&#8217;s eye clinic continues to provide free eye tests and screenings for various eye conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Petal Archer, the Public Relations Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, emphasized the improved services provided by the eye clinic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, patients would receive a prescription for eyewear, which they had to obtain from external facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the clinic offers modern and high-quality spectacles, including options like transitions lenses and bifocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Optometrist Twana Fausett highlighted that these glasses are available at reduced prices to make them more accessible to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The eye clinic operates from Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4:30 pm, catering to both adults and children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prescribed eyewear is typically ready within two weeks, and payments can be made through various methods, including MMG, cash, and NIS vouchers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Linden Hospital Complex has introduced a program offering prescription spectacles for both children and adults at a subsidized cost. In addition to this, the hospital&#8217;s eye clinic continues to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13533,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13531\/revisions\/13533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}