Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh will be shut from October 28 but campaigners say eye patients are being overlooked yet again.
An NHS board has been accused of putting Scots with sight loss at "risk" after it was announced an eye hospital was set to close for six months due to emergency repair works. Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh will be shut from October 28 while asbestos is removed from the building and waste pipes are repaired.
She said: "The decision to close the hospital for six months is incredibly concerning. Many vulnerable, frail and elderly people will now be forced to travel elsewhere - perhaps to multiple different locations - for vital eye care. Finding your way to somewhere new and then negotiating a location which is not designed for those with sight loss is challenging, to say the least.
Iain Young, an RAF veteran from East Lothian who has been undergoing diagnosis for suspected Stargardt disease - an inherited condition that causes you vision to blur - for over a decade, also criticised the decision to shut down the eye hospital. "This building has been deemed unfit for purpose for over a decade, yet NHS Lothian is set to pour millions into patching up a leaky roof, while the entire facility remains a disaster zone."
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