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Groups warn against mobile eye clinics.

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2003 DEC 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two medical organizations in Pennsylvania are warning consumers to beware of mobile clinics offering low-cost laser eye surgery and are calling on the state to help protect the public by overseeing them.

The calls for action came from the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology and the Pennsylvania Medical Society. Both groups said roadside units, often 18-wheel trucks outfitted with surgical equipment, have stopped in smaller cities statewide such as Scranton, Altoona, Erie, and Harrisburg. They also operate in dozens of other states.

This year, more than a million people in the United States are expected to undergo …

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