Eye care for homeless people: Ten years on

摘要

It was in 2001 that a wide-eyed optometrist turned left into Grey St, St Kilda heading toward the Sacred Heart Mission, the site of the first 'homeless' eye-care clinic. St Kilda is an inner bayside suburb of Melbourne, renowned for its variety of lifestyles and its nightlife. As he slowed down and wound down the window for a clearer view of the unfamiliar area, one of St Kilda's working girls sensed her next client had just arrived and approached the car. After the initial confusion, the optometrist apologised profusely to the lady and explained that he was merely lost and the transaction ended prematurely. Neither of us seemed too disappointed by this course of events and with diis, the homeless persons eye-care program of the Australian College of Optometry began.