News
The EyeBag Company was delighted to sponsor the British Medical Football team for their recent trip to Australia to play in the Medical Football World cup.
The Team of British doctors came 3rd overall losing the semi-final against Brazil
(on penalties!) Well done to the Team.
To find out more, visit the British Medical Football Team website at http://www.britishmedicalfootball.com/home.htm
 Dr Arif Kazi |
 British and Brazilian Captains swapping pennants before the semi-final. |
 Intense action during the Britain - Australia game. |
 Some of the British Medical football Team before a match. |
The Australian and British Team Captains. |
 Competitive stuff! |
 The British Medical Football Team Photo. |
New Stockists
The EyeBag company is please to announce 20 new Stockists. It is now much easier to obtain EyeBags directly from a local supplier.
We are pleased to welcome the following recently added stockists;
Lynne Fernandes Optometrists
182a Wells Road
Knowle
BRISTOL
BS4 2AL
Brian Sefton Optometrist
34 Portsmouth Road
Woolston
SOUTHAMPTON
SO19 9AD
Nick Rumney MScOptom FCOptom FAAO
BBR Optometry Ltd
Marbury House
38 St Owen Street
HEREFORD
HR1 2PR
James Hall FBDO CL
BOOTS Opticians
3-5 Upper Market Street
Hanley
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 1PZ
James Hall FBDO CL
BOOTS Opticians
39 Gaol Gate Street
STAFFORD
ST16 2NR
Jem Hayward
Walford & Round Opticians
47 High St
BANBURY
OX16 5LA
Azhar Jaffery
Eyesavers Opticians Ltd
467 Bordesley Green
BIRMINGHAM
B9 5XF
C.E.Hall FBOA FSMC
111 West St
FARNHAM
Surrey
GU9 7HH
Andrew Nugent – Optometrist
R A Glass Associates
125 High Street
HOLYWOOD
County Down
NORTHERN IRELAND
BT18 9LG
Amanda Williams
Robert Frith Optometrists
74 High Street
GLASTONBURY
BA6 9DZ
Ann Morgan Opticians
18 High Street
CLEATOR MOOR
Cumbria
CA25 5AH
Specsavers Opticians
41 High Street
DARLINGTON
DL3 7QW
KJ Green Opticians
135 London Road
BENFLEET
Essex
SS7 5 UH
Chalmers Opticians
34 – 36 Albany Road
CARDIFF
CF24 3RQ
Turners Optometrists
Aspen House
67 Wembdon Road
BRIDGEWATER
TA6 7DR
Lorna Biggs
68 High Street
DEAL
Kent
CT14 6HE
Vikesh Measuria
Visioncare Incorporated
28 Penny Meadow
ASHTON –UNDER-LYNE
OL6 6HG
Brook & Wardman Optometrists
The Courtyard
28 The Ropewalk
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 5DW
Suzanne Dimayo
Troutaud Opticians
14 Smith Street
ST PETER’S PORT
GUERNSEY
GY1 2JL
First export to Switzerland
The EyeBag company is pleased to announce that The MGDRx EyeBag has recently made its first export to Switzerland
Teifi has an eye for innovation
Taken from the Halifax Courier
AS a consultant ophthalmologist working in Calderdale hospitals, Teifi James has treated many eye complaints.
Modern-day living can leave the eyes feeling gritty, sore and tired and in need of some TLC. This can often be because office workers sit for hours in front of computer screens, tending to blink less frequently in dry atmospheres created by air-conditioning units.
Now Mr James has invented the EyeBag, a medical device which has already found favour with doctors across Britain. The elliptical bag, which contains flax seeds, is popped into the micro wave for between 30 and 60 seconds, warming the seeds in the same way that wheat bags are heated to give relief to aching limbs. The soothing warmth frees up glands in the eyelid which are responsible for a secretion which refreshes the surface of the eye with each blink. Sometimes the glands become blocked, resulting in the secretions being unable to reach the surface of the eye and causing eye complaints. The heated EyeBag, when placed gently on the face, transfers warmth to the eyelid, unblocking the glands. Gentle massage of the eyelids afterwards allows the softened oily secretions to reach the eyeball. Mr James is one of nine consultant ophthalmologists working across Cald-erdale and Huddersfield. He also works at Elland Hospital, one of nine Bupa hospitals sold in July to Legal & General Ventures and which are now known as Classic Hospitals. Mr James said: "If you go to an eye clinic they will say you need to warm your eyelids with compresses. "People have been sitting by basins of hot water with face flannels. But they keep going cool, it's a palaver, they don't do it and then they keep going back to their GP." So he started thinking about how he could resolve the issue and, after trial and error, invented the EyeBag, which is made by the Natural Wheat Bag Co, Huddersfield. Mr James, who is originally from Wales, went to medical school in London and worked in general medicine before becoming an eye specialist. He worked at St James's Hospital, Leeds, for five years before being based in Halifax and Huddersfield. A father of two, he has lived in Halifax since 1991 and has worked in the town since 1997. The EyeBag costs £20 and is available in Halifax at Heath Pharmacy and Vision Express, Woolshops, Halifax. A story in the BMA News medical journal two weeks ago has already prompted inquiries from doctors keen to try the device. Ten per cent of profits will be given to the Vision 2020 project which aims to eradicate preventable world blindness by 2020.