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FEBRUARY 2022 | ISSUE#02.22                                               FEBRUARY 2022 | ISSUE#02.22



 SEEING




 EYE-TO-EYE:







 ALL ABOUT CONTACT

 LENSES FROM AN

 OPTOMETRIST




                                                                               Introduce yourself!


                                                                               I’m an Associate Proffesor at
                                                                               University Kebangsaan Malaysia
                                                                               (UKM) and my name is Dr. Haliza
                                                                               Abdul Mutalib. We are based in
                                                                               Kuala Lumpur campus which is
                                                                               at Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz. In
                                                                               this campus, we call it the Faculty
                                                                               of Health Sciences. We have got
                                                                               all the clinics and healthcare
                                                                               clinics, which means we have
                                                                               dentistry, optometry, and even
                                                                               pharmacies.

                                                                               I graduated from UKM in 1993,
                                                                               and after that I did my Master’s
                                                                               and PhD in Manchester, UK.
                                                                               Moved back in the year 2000 and
                                                                               worked with UKM ever since.

                                                                               Alright, and then what I specialise
 30                                                                            is in contact lenses, of the lenses,   31
                                                                               my main, my main background
                                                                               would be Optometry. And so
                                                                               here in UKM, we teach, we need
                                                                               to do clinics, most of the time,
                                                                               we’ll be doing research as well.
                                                                               And during our weekdays, we are
                                                                               always in UKM and out. And you
                                                                               know, during the weekends, we’ll
 All about this particular medical device which is the                         have our sometimes we do come
 more popular option as opposed to glasses-wearers,                            we do consultation outside. And
 we interviewed Dr. Haliza, an Associate Professor from                        of course, we carry a lot of other
 University Kebangsaan Malaysia. In this article, we explore                   responsibilities as well. And I’m
 how contact lenses has evolved, the knock-off versions of                     one of the Independent Director
                                                                               for Focus Point. So my main
 it, and what you can do to rest your eyes (it’s quite simple                  business would be eye care, as
 actually). Read on below in this super informative industry,                  well as being an eye researcher.
 all about contact lenses!
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