Sight guide support at Royal Victoria Hospital
06 May 2010
Two initiatives have recently been introduced at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), to help people with sight loss access their outpatient's clinic or ward.
For people with a sight loss, accessing the Royal Victoria Hospital can be difficult and stressful, so please take advantage of these new services.
The Belfast Trust launched their Volunteer project at the Falls Road entrance to the Royal Victoria Hospital to assist visitors and patients with their journey through the hospital. The Falls Road entrance is one of the easier entrances to access using public transport and the route to Low Vision and Ophthalmic Clinics is fairly straight forward from here.
The Shop Mobility Service at the Royal Victoria Hospital expanded their support service to include a sighted guide service for people with servere sight loss. In conjunction with Belfast Trust Sight Support Team, sighted guide training for the RVH Volunteers has been completed and you can now request sighted guide support through Shop Mobility.
In order to ensure that a Shop Mobility Volunteer will be ready to meet you when you reach the Royal, it is advisable to contact the Shop Mobility Unit at the RVH prior to your visit or appointment. So give them a ring on 028 9031 0923 to arrange for your sighted guide volunteer to meet you on arrival.
