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SNEC free screening finds half with eye problems
16,000 have undergone screening for those aged 50 and above; one in four has cataract
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In a photo from Oct 6, 2013, a woman gets her eyes examined during a community outreach event held at the Eunos Community Club.
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Slightly more than half the number of people who took advantage of community eye screening offered by the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) found out they had a problem with their eyes.
Since 2000, SNEC has been providing free screening to close to 16,000 people aged 50 years and older at the annual event. Of those screened, one in four has cataract.
