24/7 Emergencies service
24 h eye emergency care · 365 days a year
In IMO, emergency surgical procedures are performed each subspecialty doctors. You can go directly to IMO 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and we will attend you without previous appointment.
With what symptoms should I go to the eye emergency department?
You should go immediately to the eye emergency department if:
- You experience sudden loss of vision
- You suffer an eye injury
- You feel eye pain
- You have a red or swollen eye
With other symptoms, you should visit the ophthalmologist within one or two days. These symptoms include:
- Double vision
- Floaters and flashes
- Photophobia
- Blurred vision
In some cases, you can wait up to three weeks to see the ophthalmologist:
- If you feel discomfort in your eye
- Water eye
- Oozing or redness
- Drooping of the upper eyelid
- Proptosis (bulging eyes)
- Eyelid tumours
Why go directly to the clinic without a prior appointment?
It is important to contact your ophthalmologist as quickly as possible to avoid complications. In some cases it can save the vision.
In a high percentage of cases, patients who go to the emergency department have their problem solved. In other more serious cases, future visual function depends greatly on this emergency treatment, in which a quick diagnosis can be made to determine whether surgery is required as a matter of urgency.
IMO Institute of Ocular Microsurgery
Josep María Lladó, 3
08035 Barcelona
Phone: (+34) 934 000 700
E-mail: international@imo.es
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By car
GPS navigator coordinates:
41º 24’ 38” N – 02º 07’ 29” E
Exit 7 of the Ronda de Dalt (mountain side). The clinic has a car park with more than 200 parking spaces.
By bus
Autobus H2: Rotonda de Bellesguard, parada 1540
Autobus 196: Josep Maria Lladó-Bellesguard, parada 3191
Autobuses H2, 123, 196: Ronda de Dalt – Bellesguard, parada 0071
How to arrive at IMO from:
IMO Madrid
C/ Valle de Pinares Llanos, 3
28035 Madrid
Phone: (+34) 910 783 783
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Public transport
Metro Lacoma (líne 7)
Autobuses:
- Lines 49 & 64, stop “Senda del Infante”
- Line N21, stop “Metro Lacoma”
Timetables
Patient care:
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
IMO Andorra
Av. de les Nacions Unides, 17
AD700 Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra
Phone: (+376) 688 55 44
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IMO Manresa
C/ Carrasco i Formiguera, 33 (Baixos)
08242 – Manresa
Tel: (+34) 938 749 160
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Public transport
FGC. Line R5 & R50 direction Manresa. Station/Stop: Baixador de Manresa
Timetables
Monday to Friday, 08:30 A.M – 13:30 PM / 15:00 PM – 20:00 PM