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Free Eye Camps
From January 2006 to March 2007 , a total of 1793 screening camps were conducted by the Aravind Eye Hospitals and a total of 505,621 patients were screened. 112,825 of them underwent surgery.
In the last few years Aravind has been conducting speciality camps for specific patient groups, and under this category conducts:
Eye Screening Camps for School Children
From January 2006 to March 2007, 118,912 children in 94 schools were screened for eye defects and 8,068 children were found to have visual defects.
The free screening camp for school children in and around Madurai is being undertaken by Aravind Eye Care System since the year 1990 however the spectacle Distribution became more regular and reached all needy with the initiative from UK based charitable trust- Little Drops Charity Trust since the year 2004. They have made the decision to continue this support is being extended to one of our Satellite hospitals also at Theni (70 kms from Madurai). In this context we are happy to say in the year 2006 alone the beneficiaries were 1014 children
| EYE SCREENING FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN |
| | Madurai | Theni | Tirunelveli | Coimbatore |
Puducherry |
Total |
| Schools covered |
23 |
9 |
16 |
20 |
26 |
94 |
| Teachers trained |
27 |
46 |
158 |
45 |
90 |
366 |
| Students screened |
50608 |
6765 |
18985 |
25097 |
17457 |
118912 |
| Students with defects |
3159 |
405 |
1503 |
1647 |
1354 |
8068 |
Refraction Camps
Joining hands with industries, transport companies, banks and government bodies, Aravind conducts refraction camps for their employees. Thousands of patients attending these camps benefit from the on-the-spot dispensation of quality prescription glasses almost immediately at a fraction of the cost they would otherwise uncur. In 2006-07, a total of 162 refraction camps were conducted, where 34,794 employees were screened and 9,727 were found to have refractive errors and prescribed glasses.
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Camps
Through 451 DR screening camps conducted through Lions and WDF projects, a total of 70,993 people were screened in 2006-07. Of them 18,084 had diabetes and 3,385 of them suffered from diabetic retinopathy.
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