All patients will have their appointments moved to other NHS Lothian facilities.
Sylvia told Scotland that the hospital had saved what remains of her sight on on multiple occasions.
She has Aniridia – a rare condition where the iris does not form properly.
Last year she had an emergency that required an operation involving several departments. These are all currently under one roof at the Chalmers Street site.
The former civil servant says she fears that dispersal of these departments across NHS Lothian will cause delays and complications for patients.
“My surgeon needed to have images of my eye to see what was going on before he could operate,” she says.
“He saved my vision because of the quick treatment and timescale.
“If it had taken longer because it was all dispersed he wouldn’t have been able to do that.”
Sylvia also says that for visually-impaired people the familiarity of the route to the eye hospital is vital.
Taxis to different sites across Lothian would be unaffordable for many, she added.
