Emergency and Urgent Eye Care

If there is foreign body embedded in your cornea, sclera or under your eyelid, leave it alone and seek medical attention immediately. If you have a loose foreign body in your eye, such as dirt, a bug or an eyelash, flush it out with cool, clean water. If the object doesn’t come free you can try removing it very gently with a cotton swab moistened with clean water by carefully tapping it against the object. If that fails to remove the foreign body, it is time to see your optometrist. Never use tweezers or any other tools to poke around in your eyes. You could risk doing even more damage. Seek out the care of a professional.

We are open 7 days a week and offer morning, afternoon and evening appointments. Give our York eye care centre a call and let them know you are experiencing what feels like an emergency, and our optometrists will be glad to see you. If a referral is needed for any surgical intervention or ophthalmology care, we will set that appointment up for you, so that you can focus on getting better! If our clinic happens to be closed, please proceed to the nearest hospital so that someone can triage your eyecare emergency accordingly.

After your visit at our office, we send a report to your family physician so the situation can be included in their medical records and allow for more effective communication between your family doctor, and our office, your new found family eye doctor. For more information about ocular emergency services and urgent care, please contact Pink Sidhu and Associates.