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  • Anonymous
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18 May 2023 19:09

Hi
is this for all laser eye surgery or just Optegra/Alex Shorrt?
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admin All refractive surgery (laser and lens). You posted as 'Enquirer' on 16 May, so I'm not sure what you want here :kiss:

  • Enquirer
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16 May 2023 20:14

This surgeon has popped up as possible for me wanting Presbyond.
How do I find a reputable company/surgeon?
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admin: You won't get any recommendations here - other than DON'T DO IT :kiss:
sasha@mybeautifuleyes.co.uk

  • A Patient's Review of Alex Shortt
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07 Mar 2023 10:36

I had SMILE in 2019 by Alex Sortt and, I'm sad to say it has completely ruined my life. 4 years on and I am still unable to work, barely able to leave the house, with very poor vision and constant pain. I am more dependant ohn glasses than before and glasses are not able to correct the distorted corneas Alex Shortt created. He is in my experience a danger to the public and is a prime example of eye surgeons getting away with murder due to the lack of regulation.
Also, never trust Doctify as these reviews are curated.
My review of Alex Shortt is that the man needs to be locked up.

  • Caroline
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06 Apr 2022 14:52

HI, I wanted to say thank you for your post which has made me decide against Optegra which I'd been considering for cataract removal. I'm so sorry for your experiences and hope very much your situation has improved. You have been such a help to me.

All the very best
Caroline

  • admin
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26 Nov 2020 09:41

‪Optegra chain sold to yet another faceless company putting profit before people :kiss:


‪https://www.laingbuissonnews.com/healthcare-markets-content/inbusiness-healthcare-markets-content/h2-equity-partners-agrees-to-acquire-optegra/‬

H2 EQUITY PARTNERS HAS AGREED TO ACQUIRE
OPTEGRA OPHTHALMOLOGY GROUP

H2 Equity Partners (“H2”) is pleased to announce it has exchanged contracts to acquire Optegra International Limited (“Optegra”). Completion of the acquisition will occur following satisfaction of certain regulatory conditions and is expected to take place early in 2021.

Optegra is a leading pan-European ophthalmology group with 23 eye hospitals across the United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Poland. Optegra provides a range of critical eye-care services including cataract surgeries and AMD as well as leading innovative vision correction procedures. The business provides leading eye-care to publicly funded national healthcare systems such as the NHS as well as to self-pay patients. The group holds top-3 market positions in each of the countries in which it operates. Optegra has an exceptional management team, leading surgeons and clinical teams, and well invested facilities with ample capacity to support future growth.

Following H2’s investment, management, led by CEO Dr Peter Byloos, will work closely with H2 to deliver Optegra’s ambitious growth strategy and ensure it continues to provide excellent care and service to its patients.

For further information on Optegra please refer to www.optegra.com About H2 Equity Partners

H2 Equity Partners is a leading independent investment firm founded in 1991, making investments in medium-sized companies with significant growth or improvement potential. The H2 team has built an exceptional track record of acquiring, strengthening and growing fundamentally attractive businesses. H2 invests in companies across all sectors, that have strong market positions and competitive advantages, which can benefit from the extensive international operating experience of the H2 team.

H2 Equity Partners Fund V was launched in February 2017 and makes investments in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Benelux. Optegra represents Fund V’s ninth investment.

For more information about H2 Equity Partners please visit: www.h2ep.co.uk

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  • admin
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20 Sep 2020 17:51

Posted 17 July: 'A few days ago I was contacted by the family of yet another person irreparably damaged by refractive eye surgery.
Tragically they couldn’t go on
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www.opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk/ind...iscuss/12722-tribute

More details and names of all parties will be published nearer the time of the inquest, scheduled later this year, but for the purpose of this post I am anonymising with pseudonyms:
• Deceased patient: Tristan
• Partner: Martha
• Operating consultant surgeon: Dr Salmon
• 2nd consultant surgeon: Dr Weasel

In December 2019, considering refractive lens exchange, after what he thought was enough extensive research, Tristan decided on Optegra Eye Hospital, not only because of their advertising as a hospital (remember Bobby Qureshi/London Eye Hospital?), but having also seen TV ads and YouTube videos over the years in which Ruth Langsford gushed unrestrained praise for #Clarivu (Optegra’s brand name for refractive lens exchange).

Ruth Langsford was paid lots of money to tell people ‘Do it, do it, do it’ (see below) but husband Eamonn Holmes took no notice and sensibly stuck to his reading specs!

Tristan met with Dr Salmon at Optegra in January 2020, and given no information about possible serious risks he was subsequently fitted with trifocal ZEISS Vision Care lenses.

Within weeks he was experiencing post op problems - incl haloes, which an optom assured him would improve with time! - but by April Tristan’s problems were worsening, with no sign of improvement.

He was advised that he could have an explant, the trifocal lens removed and replaced with a monofocal lens, but that he would then have to wear glasses.

Tristan was happy to accept this option.

He had called Optegra many times over the months for help and advice, pleaded to see Dr Salmon, who I understand has not worked at Optegra Eye Hospital since lockdown, and finally, toward the end of June, he was given an appointment with Dr Weasel.

Prior to this appointment, to better understand his options, Tristan carried out plentiful research, reading numerous medical articles.

Arrogantly - and tragically, Dr Weasel unsympathetically dismissed his colleagues' clinical opinions, and Tristan’s own research, insisting that the only real option was YAG laser, with scary and negative reasons not to have an explant (guessing he is not a specialist in this field, or was trying to save Optegra ££).

Dr Weasel destroyed any hope Tristan held for the recovery of his vision, and he left the consultation in utter despair.

Tristan wrote a number of letters to close family members, and asked Martha to tell people why he had done this in a detailed blog on his phone - written right up until the moment he hanged himself.

Whilst the GMC and lawyers will have to decide whether Dr Salmon was at fault in any way, Martha lays the blame for Tristan’s desperate last act firmly at Dr Weasel’s door.

In response to Martha’s Subject Access Request, it took three attempts before Optegra's lawyers finally disclosed Tristan’s medical records and notes in an acceptable format.



All about ££££££!

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