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Osakidetza treats 129 people with eye problems due to eclipse

This Friday, 70 people went to the health services in the Basque Country with mild or very mild eye symptoms.

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Oftalmólogo en una consulta de Osakidetza.



REMITIDA / HANDOUT por GOBIERNO VASCO

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11/8/2026
The ophthalmologist consults Osakidetza in a stock image. Photo: Europa Press.

Osakidetza has treated 129 people for eye problems related to the eclipse, according to the Basque Government's Department of Health.

A total of 70 people were treated this Friday with mild or very mild symptoms: 37 went to primary care services and 33 to hospital emergencies.

Consultations by territory

In Álava, six people have been treated in primary care.

In Gipuzkoa, 11 people have been treated in primary care.

In Bizkaia, 53 consultations have been conducted, 20 in primary care and 33 in hospital emergencies.

These figures are in addition to those recorded on Thursday, when 59 people with mild eclipse-related eye symptoms were treated, 22 in primary care and 37 in hospital emergencies.

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