ONT MIN HEALTH TO PAY FOR 25 PATIENTS TO HAVE PROSE SCLERAL CONTACT LENSES TO BE FITTED AT TORONTO KENSINGTON EYE INSTITUTE .LOCATED IN KENSINGTON MEDICAL CENTRE.

CLIN DIRECTOR  OCULAR REGENERATION PROGRAM; OPHTH. ALLAN SLOMOVIC MSC MD FRCPC WORKING WITH 3 OPTOMETRISTS TO FIT THE BOSTONSIGHT  "PROSE" SCLERAL LENSES IN USE IN USA SINCE 1994

PROSE; PROSTHETIC REGENERATION OF OCULAR SURFACE ECOSYSTEMS. INVENTED BY DR P ROSENTHAL IN 1986.. NO CONTACT WITH CORNEA. FLUID RESERVOIR.

COST $2-5,000

INDICATIONS;

IRREGULAR CORNEAS; HIGH REFRACTIVE ERRORS.CORNEAL TRANSPLANTS;KERATOCONUS ET AL.

OCULAR PROTECTION; CHEMICAL BURNS;  SJOGREN'S ;  NEURTROPHIC KERATITIS; STEVENS-JOHNSON-  PEMPHIGOID

OCULAR COMFORT; TRICHIASIS,  SCLERAL PATCH GRAFTS;  KERATITIS SICCA, FILAMENTARY KERATITIS.