Corporate Profile
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Cordlife Group Limited
Annual Report 2016
Products and Services Spotlight:
Eyescreen
Eyescreen: Safeguarding your
Child’s Window to the World
Singapore is said to be the myopia capital of the world.
According to the latest Singapore Health Promotion
Board gures released in 2011, about 16% of preschool
children are short-sighted, a 7% increase from 2009.
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Studies also showed that approximately 33% of the
ve-year-olds in Singapore are myopic and the
percentage increases to 80% in 18-year-olds.
Eyescreen is a marketing trademark of Cordlife
Technologies Pte. Ltd. and is a safe and non-invasive
paediatric eye screening. The test can detect up to 11
eye conditions such as Myopia (short-sightedness),
Strabismus (crossed eyes) and Amblyopia (lazy eye) in
children as early as 6 months to 6 years old. The service,
administered by a certi ed optometrist and endorsed
by a Senior Consultant Paediatric Ophthalmologist,
is currently available at the Cordlife’s agship store
in Singapore at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital.
As the results from Eyescreen are almost available
instantaneously, effective treatment for children identi ed
with eye problems can be administered early. This meets
the recommendation from the American Academy of
Paediatrics that considered timely vision screening as
being essential in infancy and childhood for the early
detection and treatment of eye problems.
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Astigmatism ‘common’ in kids with vision problems, Saturday (Oct 25, 2014). The Straits Times
