South Shore Health is now within the acceptable standard for wait times for cataract surgery. C-E-O Alice Leverman acknowledges the tremendous support from members of the Department of Surgery which allowed additional O.R. time to be made available for catch up of their wait list. Leverman says the Districts wait list was well over a year compared to the acceptable level of 12 to 16 weeks. She says last Spring Dr. Colin Mann's wait-time was approximately 14 months. In order to maintain the wait list at an acceptable level Dr. Mann is now doing cataract surgery six days per month. Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed type of eye surgery.
