I mean the refractive condition of his eye, is required as an elective procedure because that's not covered under the Health Plan. And it's up to the patient to decide what's the most important for him to address. And that isn't the decision that a doctor makes. But Jack believes he had cataract surgery. And that's what his souvenir video says.
Cataract surgery removes an ageing, opaque lens.
But Mr. Caswell did not have a medically necessary procedure. He chose the option of refractive lensectomy to address his astigmatism, nearsightedness in one eye, and his farsightedness in the other eye. After watching the video of the operation, Dr. Ian MacDonald says if Jack could no longer read or drive, cataract surgery was what he needed. It would be more appropriate to call this procedure conventional cataract surgery. Because you're actually removing the age-related changing lens and replacing it with an artificial lens for all of the factors that he wanted the surgery.