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Eye disease made him quit job
Wed, Mar 05, 2008
The Straits Times

A YEAR after he was diagnosed with glaucoma in 2005, Mr Chua Ni Yoke, 51, gave up his job as an IT project manager to sell health supplements.

Staring at the computer screen 15 hours a day left his eyes tired, and he feared it would hasten his vision loss - a prospect that many people with glaucoma face.

He said: 'It's like waiting to go blind. I decided I needed to go on a lower gear, to prolong the time I have left.'

A support group, the Glaucoma Patients Association of Singapore, was set up four months ago to help patients like Mr Chua cope with the disease.

It now counts more than 80 patients and caregivers as its members.

Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

 

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