| Awards & Accolades |
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‘GATES AWARD’ FOR GLOBAL HEALTH 2007
Aravind-Coimbatore, April 5
Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, Aravind Eye Care System received the prestigious Gates Award for Global Health for 2008 on May 29, 2008. In a grand ceremony held at Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington D.C, U.S.A, Bill Gates Sr, presented the $ 1 million Gates Award to our chairman. Dr. R.D. Ravindran, Joint Director, AECS also attended the function.
DR. PRAJNA APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER OF ASIA CORNEA SOCIETY
Dr. Venkatesh Prajna, Cornea Specialist and Surgeon of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, has been appointed as a member of the Board of Council of Asia Cornea Society. A communication to this effect has been received from Prof. Donald Tan, President of the Society.
Asia Cornea Society which was formed at Singapore in 2007 serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information on clinical, educational and research aspects of the corneal sub speciality among the specialists and researchers throughout Asia. Its ultimate aim is alleviation of corneal blindness.
Dr. Prajna who is a professor of Aravind’s Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology and Chief of Education and Training Programme of Resident doctors becomes one of the 14 Board of Council Members of Asia Cornea Society. He is one among the two Indians included in the Council. Other members are from Singapore, Japan, China Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Phillipines.
DR. NARENDRAN AND HIS TEAM ACHIEVED A MAGNIFICENT FEAT
Dr. Narendran, CMO, Aravind-Coimbatore, and his team successfully performed the first case of Ophthalmic Brachytherapy using Iodine 125 seeds manufactured by Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) on May 26, 2008. It is a case of a large choroidal melanoma. Last week they did their second case and the third case is due next week. This is the first time in India that I-125 seeds from BARC have been used commercially which had earlier been used only in pilot studies.
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| Internal Capacity Building |
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Dr. V.R. Muthukkaruppan, Director-Research, and Dr. P.Sundaresan, Senior Scientist, AMRF attended Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)-2008 meet from April 27- May 1 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. Dr. P. Sundaresan made a poster-presentation on “Low prevalence of known disease causing mutations in south Indian Leber congenital Amaurosis patients”. After the ARVO meeting he visited National Eye Institute, Bethesda, and worked for two weeks on “Molecular genetics on POAG” in Dr.J. Fielding Hejtmancik laboratory and he met several eminent researchers and ophthalmologists during the visit to ARVO and NIH/NEI.
Mr. Ganesh Babu, Senior Manager, IT & Systems visited World Health Organisation at Geneva, Switzerland from May 4-10 to work with Dr.Leon and Dr.Pierre Huguet for Presbyopia study data management software. They reviewed the forms and data entry screens and discussed the issues faced during the pilot testing of the forms. At the end, the team produced WHO Presbyopia study kit containing Protocol, Forms, Epi-info software, and software for data entry and cleaning, code book and installation guide. During this visit, he met Dr. Jacob Robert for discussion on ICD codes and Dr. Sherge Reskinoff for getting an overview on WHO Infobase.
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| Conferences Attended Elsewhere |
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VISITING FACULTY
International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, May 7-11
Mr. R.D. Thulasiraj, Executive Director, LAICO visited ICEH, London from May 7-11, as a Visiting Faculty to teach the M Sc students of Community Eye Health.
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| Other News & Events |
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ARAVIND SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY SHIFTED TO AT LAICO
LAICO, May 20, 2008
Aravind School of Optometry was inaugurated in its new premises on May 20. Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, AECS inaugurated the centre in the presence of the Essilor representatives Mr. Sugavanam and Mr. Saugatha. The function was attended by Dr. G. Natchiar, Vice-Chairman, Dr. M. Srinivasan, Director, Mr. R.D. Thulasiraj, Executive Director, Dr. S. Aravind, Administrator, Dr. K. Ilango, medical officer and other optometry staff.
GRADUATION DAY CEREMONY AT ARAVIND
Aravind-Madurai, Puducherry, and Tirunelveli, May 2008
Graduation day for the IInd year MLOP trainees was held at Aravind-Madurai Puducherry, and Tirunelveli. At Aravind-Madurai the Graduation day was celebrated on May 19, May 25 and on May 28 respectively. Candle Lighting and Oath was taken by all the MLOPs trainees and they shared their learning experiences and dreams.
LOW VISION RESOURCE CENTRE
A low vision resource centre with a sales counter has been established at the vision rehabilitation centre at Madurai for the benefit of low vision patients. The low vision resource centre will help in procurement and sourcing of low vision assessment charts, equipment and providing inventory of low vision aids to institutions and trainees planning low vision services.
56th INSTRUMENT MAINTENANCE COURSE
Aravind-Madurai, June 11, 2008
The Valedictory function of the 56th Instruments Maintenance course was held at the Jubilee Hall of the Department on June 11, 2008. Two technicians from Myanmar and two from India attended the course. Mr. R. D. Thulasiraj, Executive Director, LAICO presided over the graduation ceremony and distributed the certificates to the out going trainees. He emphasized the need for having trained instruments technicians for the efficient use of the instruments in a modern hospital. Dr. Ramakrishnan, Assistant Administrator Aravind-Madurai, gave away the tools kit to the trainees.
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| LAICO Happenings |
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VISION BUILDING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP
LAICO, May 19-24, 2008
A total of 41 members attended the Vision Building and Strategic Planning Workshop held at LAICO from May 19-24. The participants were from following countries.
- Mbingo Baptist Hospital, Cameroon
- Presbyterian Health Services Eye Clinic, Cameroon
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Kigali, Rwanda
- Grarbet Tehadiso Mahber, Ethiopia
- Fitsum Birhan Hospital, Ethiopia
- Lions Sight First Hospital, Kenya
- Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Kolkata, India
- ORBIS, New Delhi, India
- Right to Sight, England and Chennai, India
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| Training Programmes |
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| TRAINING PROGRAMMES AT ARAVIND |
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Course title |
Training Centre |
Total number trained as on April 2008 |
Enrollments for May 2008 |
Residency Courses
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Diploma Course in Ophthalmology |
Madurai |
172 |
8 |
Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology |
Madurai |
54 |
6 |
Long Term Fellowship Programmes - For Ophthalmologists
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Fellowship in Anterior Segment / Intraocular Lens Surgery |
Madurai |
82 |
2 |
| Tirunelveli |
9 |
0 |
| Coimbatore |
16 |
0 |
| Puducherry |
4 |
0 |
Short Term Courses - For Ophthalmologists |
Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma |
Coimbatore |
52 |
1 |
| Madurai |
82 |
1 |
| Tirunelveli |
64 |
2 |
IOL Micro surgery |
Madurai |
659 |
2 |
| Coimbatore |
189 |
1 |
| Puducherry |
4 |
2 |
| Tirunelveli |
246 |
2 |
Lasers in Diabetic Retinopathy |
Madurai |
194 |
2 |
| Coimbatore |
168 |
2 |
Phacoemulsification |
Madurai |
73 |
2 |
| Puducherry |
12 |
0 |
| Coimbatore |
40 |
1 |
| Tirunelveli |
31 |
2 |
Small Incision Cataract Surgery |
Coimbatore |
108 |
3 |
Madurai |
105 |
1 |
| Puducherry |
5 |
0 |
| Tirunelveli |
72 |
2 |
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography and Ultrasonography |
Madurai |
20 |
1 |
Orientation to Paediatric Ocular Anesthesia for Anaesthetist |
Madurai |
7 |
1 |
Instrument Maintenance Course - Non Clinical Courses |
Instrument Maintenance - For Technicians |
Madurai |
327 |
4 |
Instrument Maintenance - For Ophthalmologist |
Madurai |
27 |
1 |
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| Aurolab News |
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PEGASUS WORKSHOP FOR AUROLAB STAFF
The first batch of Aurolab staff attended the outbound learning programme at the Pegasus Institute, Marakkanam from May 22-24. A total of 25 staff members from Aurolab participated in the workshop. The outbound learning built a sense of camaraderie amongst the group. It created an atmosphere to know about one and others. The learnings from the two days training could be easily linked to work place environment. In all it was a fun filled two days of learning and a journey of discovery about oneself and others.
CE CERTIFICATION
The CE certification audit was conducted on February 04 and 05, 2008 by TUV Rheinland, Germany. The Lead Auditor Mr. Hans Bienert from Germany and Co auditor Mr. Guru Prasad from Bangalore conducted the audit. As a result of it, Aurolab has received the CE certificate for its product quality manufacturing in the new plant.
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| Publications |
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Boomiraj Hemadevi; Reiner A. Veitia; Muthiah Srinivasan; Jambulingam Arunkumar; Namperumalsamy Venkatesh Prajna; Corinne Lesaffre; Periasamy Sundaresan
Ophthalmic Molecular Genetics
Identification of Mutations in the SLC4A11 Gene in Patients with Recessive Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy
Arch Ophthalmol. 2008; 126(5):700-708
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N.R. Acharya1, M. Srinivasan, A. Kundu, T.M. Lietman1, J.P. Whitcher1, E.T. Cunningham, JR
Mooren’s Ulcer
Mooren’s Ulcer Following Extracapsular Cataract Extraction by has been Published In Eur J Ophthalmol. 2008 May-Jun; 18(3):351-5.
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Jeyabalan Nallathambi, Paul Laissue, Frank Batista, Bérénice A. Benayoun,Corinne Lesaffre, Lara Moumné , PJ Eswari Pandaranayaka, Kim Usha,Sankaran Krishnaswamy, Periasamy Sundaresan, and Reiner A. Veitia
Human Mutation
Differential Functional Effects of Novel Mutations of the Transcription Factor FOXL2 in BPES Patients
Hum Mutat. 2008 May 16. Epub
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| Visitors & Volunteers
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- Mr. Ismael Cordero, Health Care Technology Specialist, USA visited Aravind-Madurai from May 1-6, to help us in producing the Spanish version of our DVD on instruments maintenance.
- Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury, Deputy Executive Director and Mr. Faruque Ahamed, BRAC Health Program, visited Aravind-Madurai from May 4-6, to have an overview of Aravind Model.
- Dr. Usha Gobinathan, Associate Executive Director, Mr. Haragopal, Associate Director, Finance, Mr. Surendra, Associate Director, Technology, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India visited Aravind-Madurai, from May 13-16, to have an overview of Aravind Eye Care System.
- Ms. Cletus, Superior, JMJ Hospital visited Aravind-Madurai from May 18-20, to have an overview of Aravind Eye Care System.
- Mr. S. Saravanan, Adopt a Business visited Aravind-Madurai from May 30-31, to have a review of Michael Johnson’s assignment and identification of new assignments with Aravind Eye Care System.
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| A Patient’s glorific to Aravind
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Aravind Eye Hospital is a boon to the visionless people. It is a vision temple in which doctors remain as deities with a dispensary that functions as store-house of “Prasads”. The service of patient-counsellors is like diamond stones in a golden anklet….. Thus goes the glorifying verse of Mr. Abdul Rahim (not his real name) of Madurai who underwent surgery for Primary Open Angle Glaucoma in both eyes at Aravind-Madurai.
Mr. Rahim who has regained vision after surgery has written a letter to the Counsellors in the Glaucoma Clinic. more (...)
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| Aravind Eye Hospitals Monthly Patient Statistics |
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Hospitals |
Madurai |
Theni |
Tirunelveli |
Coimbatore |
Puducherry |
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| HOSPITAL OUT-PATIENT VISITS |
| Paying (New & Review) |
42,962
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6,165
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18,490
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27,155
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18,505
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15,071
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128,348 |
| Free (Direct walk-in)
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22,813
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4,223
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9,852
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18,455
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9,248
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64,591
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| OUTREACH OUT PATIENTS |
| Regular Eye Camps |
8,899
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2,396
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4,597
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2,187
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4,269 |
5,436
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27,784
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| Diabetic Retinopathy camps |
438 |
103 |
937
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629
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1,252
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3,359
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| Refraction Camps |
1,376 |
619 |
549
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2,929 |
201
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553 |
6,227
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| School Screening |
- |
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| Vision Centres |
2,675
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1,995 |
1,976
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1,038
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1,388
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-
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9,072
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| Community Eye Clinics |
2,934
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919
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2,086
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2,251 |
-
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-
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8,190 |
| Total OP Examinations |
82,097 |
16,420 |
38,487
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54,644 |
34,863
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21,060 |
247,571
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| SURGERIES |
| Paying |
5,801
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413 |
1,926 |
3,184 |
1,607
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555 |
13,486 |
| Free (including the subsidized camp surgeries) |
3,201 |
232
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898
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2,020
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818
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7,169 |
| Camp |
2,433 |
322
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1,179
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1,847
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997
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1,386
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8,164
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| Total Surgeries |
11,435
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967
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4,003
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7,051
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3,422
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1,941 |
28,819
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