Ophthalmological emergency room

The Ophthalmology Emergency Room caters to patients who need urgent evaluation and have conditions such as sudden vision changes.

General Information

The Ophthalmology Emergency Room is a single-specialty emergency medicine service dedicated to patients in need of urgent evaluation with conditions such as sudden changes in visual function, trauma, or acute or persistent ocular pain.

It offers differentiated services according to the degree of severity of the problem, with the possibility of urgent surgical care as well.

First aid interventions

Visit

Initial consultation aimed at determining the patient's condition and the degree of severity of his or her problem.

Diagnostic tests/examinations

Ability to perform diagnostic tests on an urgent basis, aimed at arriving at a rapid and as accurate a diagnosis as possible; ensuring resolution of the issue.

Immediate hospitalization with emergency surgery

More severe afflictions, such as retinal detachments, severe ocular trauma, penetrating or piercing wounds with or without a foreign body that may result in vision/eye loss are followed by immediate hospitalization, with surgery within 24 hours.

Doctors

Contact

Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana

Pronto Soccorso oftalmologico

Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Italiano

Il Pronto Soccorso di oftalmologia risponde in caso di EMERGENZA.

Per tutte le visite di routine contatti il seguente numero di telefono: +41 (0)91 811 77 00
oppure scriva a: [email protected]

  • Orari di risposta al telefono
    Monday : 09:00 - 18:00
    Tuesday : 09:00 - 18:00
    Wednesday : 09:00 - 18:00
    Thursday : 09:00 - 18:00
    Friday : 09:00 - 18:00
    Saturday : 11:00 - 18:00
    Sunday : 11:00 - 18:00

Locations

Emergency ophthalmology service is available at the Emergency Department of Lugano Regional Hospital, Italian.

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The original version is the page in Italian.