The seeds of ophthalmology in Singapore were planted back in 1934, when the first government eye department was established at Singapore General Hospital. Dr A.D. Williamson was appointed the first head of the eye clinic. Ophthalmologists at the hospital's eye clinic had access to two operating theatres which were used for major surgery and examinations under anaesthesia. The eye patients were mainly treated for cataract surgery, acute glaucoma and trauma. When Dr Williamson retired in 1957, Dr Wong Kin Yip, a returning Queen's Scholar, took over as the first local head of the eye clinic.
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