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THE MISSION DAY
July 7, 2008 The Mission Day was observed on July 7, the memory day of Dr. V. at all Aravind Eye Hospitals. At Aravind - Madurai large number of employees assembled at different locations. All senior leaders and senior staff shared their experiences with Dr. V. They reminisced their association with the Chief and pledged to carry forward his mission. A passage was read from Savitri and Illuminated spirit and Bhajan was sung by the employees. A short video about our Chief was also shown on this occasion. SANGAMAM CELEBRATION AT ARAVIND-COIMBATORE July12, 2008 
Fairs and festivals are celebrated to mark an important event in the name of God or Nation. But the management of Aravind Eye Care System celebrated a function to appreciate and thank the employees without whose relentless and devoted service, AECS would not have attained international fame by getting awards like Champalimaud Vision Award last year and Gates Award for Global Health this year.
Doctors and employees converged in the open area of the quarters. All employees came in festive attire with full of enthusiasm and pride for having achieved this prestigious award. The program started with invocation by the staff. Dr. V. Narendran, Chief Medical Officer, welcomed the gathering. Dr. G. Natchiar, Vice Chairman, Aravind Eye Care System spoke about the significance of the award. She briefed the journey of AECS from 1976 with 11 bedded hospital at Madurai to five hospitals with 3600 bed capacity. Significance of the evening was to celebrate the achievement, acknowledgement of the donors and recognize the support rendered by the community. She dedicated the award to all the employees of AECS. (more) BOOK OF MANOHAR DEVADOSS RELEASED AT MADURAI LAICO, July 24, 2008 
The contours of memory attempting to capture the factual sense of the past with historical markers, landscapes and local histories to reproduce and recapture past events, people and their ways of living have been effectively portrayed in the latest book of Mr. Manohar Devadoss. The book contains beautiful illustrations using pen and ink with minutiae about the everyday experiences underwent by the author in Madurai.
The Tamil translation of ‘The Greenwell Years,’ ‘Enadhu Madurai Ninaivugal,’ published by Kannadasan Pathipagam is ample proof of the literary and illustrative skills of Mr. Manohar. The book was released here on July 24, 2008 by Collector S. S. Jawahar, and the first copy received by Appellate Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Taxes P. Devendra Boopathy. (more) FRESHER’S DAY - THE ODYSSEY BEGINS…. LAICO, July 31, 2008 
Fresher’s Day was celebrated for first year PG students on July 31. As the name suggests, this was the day, where the first year students introduced themselves and became a part of “the Aravind Family”. A prayer song was sung by Dr. Christy and Dr. Karpagam. The whole Programme was made more lively by the comperer of the day Dr. Shailendra Singh. The “Lamp of Knowledge” was lit by Dr. Vijayalakshmi and seniors’ representatives from each batch. Dr. Aaditya delivered the welcome address.
Dr. P.Namperumalsamy gave the guest lecture which made a great impact on every one. And gracing the occasion were the elegant faculty of Aravind and senior residents. There was a programme which showcased the talents of the first years. An introduction of all freshers was given by Dr. Ashwin, Dr. Aaditya, Dr. Saket, Dr. Sridevi. The song by Dr. Aditi, Dr. Christy and Dr. Vivek mesmerised the audience. A skit was played by a group of members led by Dr. Christy. The show closed with vote of thanks by Dr. Deeba Ishrath. HOSPITAL DAY CELEBRATIONS AT SUDARSHAN NETRALAYA Amreli, July 20 
Hospital day celebration was blessed by the presence of Mr. Jayesh Sanghvi one of the Managing Trustees and Dr. Kalpana Narendran, SMO Aravind CBE. Programme started with prayer followed by welcome address by Dr. Amit Solanki, Medical Officer Sudarshan Netralaya. Mr. Kanagraj presented the performance of Sudarshan Netralaya. Mr. Jayesh Sanghvi, during his key note address, thanked all the staff for their efforts and hard work during the last one year and also advised to continue the same. He also distributed cash awards to the senior staff of Sudarshan as a token of appreciation for their service.
Dr. Kalpana in her presidential address congratulated the Sudarshan Team especially the MLOPs for their constant efforts during the past year. In her speech she also emphasised the importance of values and culture and advised to keep up the high spirit and teamwork for better performance in the coming years. She distributed prizes for the sisters who scored the highest marks during their one year training. The programme was made colourful by a mixture of dance, drama and skit by the staff of Sudarshan including MLOPs, doctors and managers. Saguna, Manager-HR & Patient care delivered the vote of thanks. The whole programme was compered by Franco Francis. The celebrations came to an end with a dinner. |
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VISION BUILDING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
LAICO, July 14-19, 2008 Vision Building and Strategic Planning Workshop was held at LAICO from July 14-19. A total of 12 members participated in the workshop. Participants from the following hospitals attended the workshop - Lions Ranchi East Niramaya Hospital, Ranchi, India - Sushil Eye Hospital, Nasik, India - Lions Charitable Eye Hospital, Chittagong, Bangladesh. FELLOWSHIP RETREAT - 2008 LAICO, July 23 
The Retreat was meant to refresh oneself with the role that each Fellow plays at respective jobs in the organisation and how to channelise the individual work to Aravind’s Mission. The principle remained the same as our primary focus is on Patient, then the Employees and the Community. How to provide better service to each of these components were discussed in detail along with the role of the fellows in their post fellowship placement.
The Retreat focused on two major areas: first being how to find out new avenues to fulfil fellows' responsibilies and secondly how to energize themselves. During the Retreat, the senior fellows who play vital roles in our five hospitals and the managed care hospitals shared their success and failure stories and also the individual learning from it. There was a bright discussion on how to improve the Fellowship Programme during which so many new ideas emanated. The Retreat got winded up trying to sketch the follow up activities that should be taken at individual level to carry forward the learning. One of the initiatives that the retreat put forward was the platform to share the good practices and to start and proceed with Management Grand Round Sessions. 17TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INDIAN EYE RESEARCH GROUP (IERG) LAICO, July, 26-27, 2008 
Dr.G.Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute organised the 17th annual meeting of the Indian Eye Research Group (IERG) at Aravind-Madurai from July 26-27, 2008.
Dr. VR.Muthukkaruppan, Director-Research, AMRF welcomed the gathering.
Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, AECS delivered the inaugural address. A total of 120 delegates including scientists, ophthalmologists and researchers from leading eye institutes, Universities and National Institutes in India participated in the conference.
During the conference, papers were presented on recent trends and developments in various fields of Ophthalmology: Molecular genetics, Proteomics, Cell biology, Stem cells, Microbiology, Ocular pharmacology, Epidemiology were presented and discussed in detail.
Two oration awards were instituted by the IERG Organizing committee. Dr. G. Natchair, Vice Chairman, AECS presented Dr. G.Venkataswamy Memorial Oration award to Dr. Fielding Hejtmancik, Chief, Department of Genetics, National Eye Institute, USA. His oration was on “The Barbados Family study of open Angle Glaucoma: Recent Progress”. Dr. Anand Swaroop, Senior Investigator and Chief, Neurobiology Neurodegeneration and repair Laboratory (N-NRL), National Eye Institute, USA received the Bireswar Chakrabarti Memorial Oration Award from Dr. P. Namperumalsamy. He delivered the oration entitled “Retinal Development and Degeneration: Treatment Paradigms form Basic Biology”. Out of the 40 oral and 49 poster presentations, the following were awarded as the Best Oral and Poster presentations. S. Vaishali, AMRF, Madurai and J. Nirmal, AIIMS, New Delhi received the Best Oral Award. GP.Surya Prakash, LVPEI, Hyderabad & V. Sasikala, University of Kerala, received Best Poster Award. Ten young research scholars were given Travel Fellowship. Dr. Lalitha Prajna and Dr. P.Sundaresan from Aravind Eye Care System organised the scientific sessions. Papers Presentation Dr. Haripriya Aravind - Role of optic material and haptic design on incidence of posterior capsule opacification - What’s new in cataract surgery? Dr. Manju Pillai - The Study of Correlation between Central Corneal Thickness and Severity of Primary Open Angle Glaucoma (oral) Ms. Jeyalakshmi - Cytoskeletal drugs prevent Posterior Capsular Opacification in human lens capsules in vitro (oral) Ms. Renugadevi - Screening of Oculocutaneous albinism and ocular albinism candidate gene variants in Indian Albinism patients (poster) Ms. Murugeswari - Retinal Pigment Epithelium secretes pro-inflammatory cytokines, angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors invitro (poster) Mr. Lalan Kumar Arya - Nested PCR- A diagnostic tool for the detection of infectious agents in the intraocular fluids of retinochoroiditis patients (poster) Ms. Vaishali – Identification of Stem Cells in Cultivated Buccal Mucosal Epithelium and Clinical Outcome after transplantation in patients with bilateral LSCD Ms. Nirmal - Role of Calcium Dobesilate in the Experimental Models of cataract R.Ramya Devi - Crystalline Gene Mutation in Indian families with inherited pediatric cataract Dr.Gowripriya - Leptospiral Serogroups prevalent among animals and humans in and around Madurai Ms. Ananthi - Differential Expression of Mammoglobin B Precursor in Healthy Male and Female Tears Ms. Hemadevi - Screening COL8A2 Gene variation in Indian Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy patients Mr. Prabhu - Ex vivo expansion of limbal Epithelial Stem Cells and Corneal Surface Reconstruction Poster awards Mr. G.P.Surya Prakash - Molecular Genetic Analysis of Congenital Hereditary cataracts Ms. Sasikala - Protective Effects of Moringa oleifera extract on Rat Lens Crystallins and lonic balance in Selenite Cataract |
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IX INTERNATIONAL LOW VISION CONFERENCE
Montreal, Canada, July 7-11 Dr.K.Ilango,attended the IX International conference on low vision named as Vision 2008 at the palais des congres de montreal, Canada and presented a paper on the “Importance of low vision service among developing countries”. He also presented a poster on “Effectiveness of vision stimulation in congenitally blind children”. Dr.Ilango also visited the Montreal University. 
VISION 2020 BOARD MEETING
Rajasthan, Jodhpur, July 10-11 Mr.R.D.Thulasiraj participated in the VISION 2020 Board Meeting held at Jodhpur from July 10 and 11. INDIAN INTRAOCULAR LENS AND REFRACTIVE SOCIETY OF INDIA Taj Coromandel, Chennai, July 12-13, 2008 Dr. Haripriya Aravind - Iris sutured posterior Chamber IOLs - Capsular Stabilization Devices - OPL - Debate 
DOCTORS DAY CELEBRATION AT TRICHY
Indian Medical Association, Trichy, July 25 Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, AECS participated in the Doctor’s Day celebration held at Indian Medical Association, Trichy. He gave a guest lecture on "Management of Diabetic Retinopathy". He was felicitated on the occasion for having received Dr B.C. Roy Award. 
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IMA, Madurai, July 27 Dr. P. Namperumalsamy participated in the Doctor’s Day celebration at IMA, Madurai. He was felicitated for having received Dr B.C. Roy Award. ARAVIND’S INSTRUMENT MAINTENANCE TEAM IN EGYPT Al Noor Magrabhi Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, July 23 – August 12 
Mr. Poornachandran, Mr. K. Sekar and Prof. V. Srinivasan, Instruments Maintenance Department were at Al Noor Magrabhi Hospital, Egypt from July 23 to August 12 to conduct the Instruments Maintenance course. A total of 21 technicians from different hospitals in Egypt (15), Sudan (6) and Yemen (1) participated in the first course. The second course was of three days duration. An important feature of this course was repairing and sharpening of surgical instruments. Several (hundred or more) surgical instruments of the Magrabi Hospital and of participating ophthalmologists were repaired in the course by the participants themselves under the supervision and guidance of Mr. Poornachandran. All the participants had indicated in their feed back that the course was very useful for them. |
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NEEDS ASSESSMENT VISITS
Sushil Eye Hospital, Nasik, July 8 Mr. Suresh Kumar, Faculty and Mr. Kumar, Associate Faculty, LAICO visited Sushil Eye Hospital, Nasik on July 8. The purpose of the visit was to gain first hand understanding of the functioning of Sushil eye hospital, its current issues, challenges faced, opportunities and come up with possible solutions and lay out the next steps to make these solutions a reality. Following this, a team of 4 members from Sushil Eye Hospital attended the vision building workshop at LAICO between July 14-19. IRIS supported Eye Clinics, Cambodia, June 10-25, 2008 
Dr. K. Tiruvengada Krishnan and Mr. S. Suresh Kumar visited Cambodia from June 10-25 for Programme Evaluation of Eye clinics supported by IRIS. The main objective of the visit was “to understand and learn from current performances, challenges etc. and assess future need and finally provide recommendations/suggestions for the future course of action” in following Areas
- Patient Care - Quality of eye Care Services - Capacity utilisation - Training Eye care Personnel at different levels - Organisational Management & Leadership - Sustainability of Eye Care Programmes Visit to Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) Bangalore, June 19-20, 2008 
LAICO team comprising Mr R D Thulasiraj, Executive Director, Mr Ganesh Babu, Senior Manager-IT and Systems, and Preethi Pradhan, Senior Manager, HR visited Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM) South Asian Regional Office (SARO) North. CBM SARO (N) has recently shifted its office from Delhi to Bangalore and started functioning as a truly new office in a new building space as well as with a new team. Organisationally CBM has changed its paradigm to partner enablement and increased its range to consider all disabilities through community based rehabilitation as a strong approach. With this new focus CBM SARO(S) had invited a team from LAICO to provide training to translate this idea into an operational plan for the group. This was done in 2007 March.
As the CBM SARO (N) office was started with Ms. Silvannna Mehra at the helm a request was made again to LAICO to provide training to this new group. The workshop on “Partner Enablement for CBM-SARO N” was held at the CBM new office in Bangalore from June 19-20, 2008. The workshop was attended by a total of 12 staff from the CBM SARO N. The objectives of the workshop were - To develop a deeper and comprehensive understanding of different aspects of partner enablement and sustainability - To have tools and strategies to assess, influence, set targets and monitor partner development - To develop individual capacity to be able to do partner development 
Visit to Kota Eye Hospital & Research Foundation
Kota, Rajasthan, July 25-26 Dr. Lionalraj, Aravind-Tirunelveli and Mr. Vasantha Kumar, Faculty, LAICO visited Kota Eye Hospital and Research Foundation at Rajasthan from July 25-26. The purpose of the visit was to gain first hand understanding of the functioning of the hospital, its current issues, challenges and opportunities in discussion with the staff members and the Ophthalmologists of the Hospital and to come up with possible suggestions for improvement through LAICO's capacity building process. Visit to Manipal Academy of Higher Education Mr. Sanil Joseph, Faculty, LAICO visited Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka from July 28 to 31, as Examiner for Viva voce for the students of Master of Health and Hospital Information Administration (MHHIA). 
Lions Eye Hospitals, Asansol and Siliguri, July 28-August 1
Mr.Suresh kumar, Faculty and Mr.Prasanth, Faculty Associate from LAICO visited Lions Eye Hospitals at Asansol and Sliliguri from July 28-August 1.The purpose of the visit was to conduct Needs Assessment at both the hospitals. A team from both the hospitals is attending the Vision Building Workshop starting on August 11. 
National Plan Validation workshop
Rwanda, July 31 Ms. Sasipriya KM, Faculty visited Rwanda to take part in the National Plan Validation workshop held on July 31. This initiative is supported by Right to Sight. Other members of the visiting team included Mr. Keerti Pradhan and Mr. Raja Bollineni from Right to Sight and Dr. Rohit Khanna, ICARE – LVPEI. This workshop was conducted as a continuation of the Ist planning workshop to develop Five Year National Plan for Eye Care in Rwanda in March 10 - 12, 2008. Representatives from INGOs and eye hospitals in Rwanda took part in the workshop to finalise programme strategies and the budget. Team also had discussions with Mr Mzaymana Bonaventure, Coordinator, Taskforce - Health Care, Ministry of Health. |
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NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCED AT AUROLAB
Auro Sling: The suture division of Aurolab has introduced the “Frontalis Suspension set” with trade name of “Auro Sling”. Frontalis suspension is useful in patients with significant Ptosis and poor levator function. Its silicone tubing sleeve provides a method for securing rods and allows postoperative adjustment of the sling. The product is gaining great acceptance in the ophthalmic society. 
OBSERVATION OF MISSION DAY
Aurolab, July, 2008 Aurolab observed July 7th as a special day to reflect on Chief. The meeting commenced with the prayer song followed by Mr. R. D. Sriram, Director – Operations who gave an overview about Dr. V. It was followed by reading from Illuminated spirit by Ms. Gunavathi, IOL division. Mr. Srinivasan, Manager, Ms. Vimala, Ms. Saranya, and Ms. Bhuvaneswari spoke about our Chief. Bhajan was sung by the staff members. Mr. P. Balakrishnan, Managing Director detailed the future steps of Aurolab with the title, "Vision for Going Forward". Finally the gathering dispersed with the Aravind Anthem and observing silence for a minute. 
WINNERS SATURDAY
Aurolab, July 12, 2008 Aurolab started a monthly retreat programme in June 2008 for providing relaxation to the employees from their hectic schedule. The idea is to celebrate on Saturday with a special them. This month they celebrated ‘Winner’s Saturday’ on July 12, 2008 in the Aurolab premises. The Programme was conducted for the staff to make them aware of their capabilities through some sports events like Musical Chair, Lemon & Spoon, Thread & Needle and Sack Race. The staff actively participated in the events. Prizes were distributed by Dr. P. Balakrishnan, Managing Director of Aurolab. INDIAN INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT & REFRACTIVE SURGERY CONVENTION Chennai, July 12-13, 2008 Aurolab participated in the Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Surgery Convention that was held at Hotel Taj Coromandel, Chennai from 12th to 13th July, 2008. Aurolab had taken a stall at the conference. Mr. Sivanand, Mr. Padmanabhan, Mr. Sethu Madhavan and Mr. Babu represented Aurolab. Many delegates who attended the conference visited Aurolab’s stall and viewed the products. There were a lot of queries about Aurovue, Hydrophobic Foldable lens and Retieye, a tool to practice indirect ophthalmoscope and Photocoagulation. CME PROGRAMME Chakrabarti Eye Care Centre, Trivandrum, July 20 Aurolab also participated in the CME programme that was held at Chakrabarti Eye Care Centre, Trivandrum. Mr. Sundhara Ganesh and Mr. Karthigeyan promoted Aurolab products at the CME programme. |
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Apollo Hospitals have conferred an award on Aravind Eye Care System in recognition of redefining quality eye care, for pioneering a self-sustaining system that has overcome barriers of distance, poverty and ignorance, and taken eye-care to the doorstep of rural India. Chairman Dr. P.Namperumalsamy was honoured with the presentation of the award on the occasion of Doctors’ Day celebration on July 20, 2008. The celebration was organised by Apollo Hospitals at Hotel Taj Coramandal, Chennai.
Mr. Poornachandran of Aravind’s Instruments Maintenance department has been awarded the Deaf Leaders Award for 2008. The award is presented during the 5th year anniversary celebrations of DEAF LEADERS (Deaf Empowerment Activities for Literacy, Education, Accessible Development, Employment, Rehabilitation and Sports) to be held at Coimbatore. Last year at the meeting of the organisation, Mr. Poornachandran had given a “talk” using sign language and a power point presentation on his work at Aravind.
Art of living session was held at Aravind-Coimbatore for the newly joined MLOPs. Master Ganesh conducted the four day course. The session was very interesting and they got new ideas
An Exhibition was conducted by the Housekeeping Department from July 20-31 at Aravind-Madurai in Nurses Hostel Venue. All the staff members of Housekeeping department took part in the Exhibition. Charts, posters, gardening and supplies items, instruments, equipment, Waste Management, Wastage and Re-use charts, pest control, linen management, interior decoration, hand works, tailoring and general maintenance materials department were displayed to create awareness among the public about housekeeping. Patients and the staff members visited the exhibition. It was quite an eye opener to see the vast and various areas that the department covers.
An “Awareness programme on Geriatric Eye Diseases for Senior Citizens” was held at Aravind-Tirunelveli on July 25. Dr.R.Ramakrishnan, CMO, Aravind-Tirunelveli presided over the function and gave an introduction about Geriatric Eye Problems to the gathering. Dr.Maneksha spoke on “Common Eye Diseases”, Dr.Anita on “Recent advances in Cataract Surgery”, Dr.Arunkumar on “Diabetes & Diabetic Eye Problem”, Dr.Mohaideen on “Glaucoma” and finally Dr.Meenakshi on “Eye Donation and Eye Banking”.
