SpecSMART opens optometry clinic in Lagos to address eye care challenges

BY MIKE OCHONMA

SpecSMART, a world-class optometry clinic, has opened in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, promising to deliver high-quality optometry services comprising primary eye care, premium quality frames, lens variants, contact lens fitting, and optical/ophthalmic services to Nigerians seeking effective healthcare.

The world-class clinic located in Ikoyi, Lagos, is poised to cater to the over 50 million people requiring eye care that has become almost exclusive for the few in the country.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the clinic at the Ikoyi Plaza Mall, Clarence Nwokocha, practice head and medical director, SpecSMART, said quality eye care is one of the key areas of healthcare and that the gap in the services has prompted the launch of the first-class clinic to meet the demand while ensuring the overall well-being of the patient and expectations that are fully guaranteed.

Nwokocha pointed out that with the unveiling of SpecSMART, patients would be able to have access to over 1,000 premium frames, contact lens fitting with sales and after-sales service, as well as international and designer sunglasses of a high standard at affordable prices.

He said SpecSMART will ensure on-the-spot glazing of spectacle prescriptions for standard lens prescriptions, fully automated quality eye examinations, full glaucoma care services, free registration for patients, world-class medical suite using automated digital equipment, and delivering a wide and comprehensive range of tests every day of the week, for flexibility of appointments.

He stated that lots of Nigerians complain that they don’t get the type of customer service they need, the prescription of frames, type of eye care required, and that SpecSMART has come to offer them the best treatment in line with global best practices.

“We are working to effectively provide our high standard services to Nigerians that desire quality eye care services,” Nwokocha said.

According to him, there will be 24-hour automated appointment scheduler via the clinic’s website platform, 12-hour online customer care service, and eye care plans according to customers’ budgets and preferences, from skilled, licensed optometrists that would guarantee topnotch optometric and optical services to achieve accurate diagnoses.

With the unveiling of SpecSMART, patients seeking eye care treatment outside the country and within would now have access to excellent services in line with global best practices, as the clinic would also be extended to other parts of the country to meet the dire needs of patients.