What services do optometrists provide?

Doctors of Optometry provide approximately 80% of all first contact, primary vision and eye health examinations in Manitoba.

Our services include:

• eye examinations to evaluate eye health and vision status and diagnose eye disease and vision problems
• prescribing glasses or contact lenses to correct or manage vision problems
• dispensing and fitting glasses, contact lenses and low vision aids
• prescribing and delivering therapies to correct or manage eye muscle or perceptual problems and low vision
• counselling and monitoring patients referred to ophthalmologists for medical or surgical treatment