Orthoptist Visit

Following our last visit to the eye specialist, we scheduled an appointment with Ms. Chu in Jalan Ipoh to check on his eyes. Little did we know that it would be better if we come after the spectacles are ready.

However Ms. Chu and the centre's staff were nice. I was personally surprised to see so many patients and most of them are kids.

We had to wait for some time because the sessions are quite long. Maybe about half an hour or so but the waiting area is spacey, cool, and comfortable. Son was getting quite restless and we were relieved to get our turn.

She did some tests and it's most likely amblyopia. Son would need to wear his spectacles all the time, and wear the eye patch on the good eye for two to three hours a day so that the lazy eye would work more and to tell the brain to use it more.

She wrote a report for Dr. Ranu and we bought a box of blank patches to be used once the spectacles are ready.

Son is asking for football (soccer) design patches like he saw in the lazy eye pamphlets. I'm unsure where we can get those but we'll definitely look for them.

A litte bit about the Orthoptic Centre

If you arrived at this post looking for more information about the centre, it's actually in the building next to PERKIM. The address misled us to believe that the centre is inside the big building with the UMNO logo, connected to PWTC. It is not.

I wasn't able to find any UMNO logo on the building itself. I did not take any picture but I found a picture by http://yatie-ahmad.blogspot.com/2011/06/ceritera-farish-akmal-part-2.html

Although it's a picture from 2011, the building still looks pretty much like that.

There is an old ambience about the building, as if entering a portal to the 1980. The centre itself is very old looking and according to the friendly reception they are not allowed to change anything in the premises so all they can do was to repaint the walls and ceiling.

The experienced vibe of Ms. Chu was definitely there especially with newspaper clippings on the wall dated back to the early 1990's. We were pretty sure that we are in good hands.

Their address is:

K.C. Chu Orthoptic Centre

Suite 4C (4th Floor)
Bangunan UMNO Selangor
142 Jalan Ipoh
51200 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phone: +60 3 4042 4220
Email: chukc [at] tm [dot] net [dot] my, kieuchingchu [at] gmail [dot] com

We did not ask but assumed that they only accept cash. You can ask them if you're calling. They always need an appointment so that they know you're coming, but they operate first come first serve during a time range.

- Abah