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PADMASHREE DR. JS MAHASHABDE MEMORIAL IAGICEH AWARD 2008 TO DR. P.N
Dr. P. Namperumalsamy, Chairman, AECS has been conferred with Padmashree
Dr. JS Mahashabde Memorial IAGICEH Award 2008 by International Centre for Eye Health, London at the AIOS Conference, Jaipur on February 3, 2009. On behalf of our Chairman, Dr. Naresh K Babu, Senior Consultant, Retina Vitreous Services, received the award from Dr Mathur, Vice - Chancellor of Rajasthan Health University. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Swapan Samantha, Secretary of ICEH Alumini Indian Chapter. This award was given as a mark of recognition of his life long selfless devoted community eye health care services across the Indian subcontinent.
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| Special Events |
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12TH HOSPITAL DAY CELEBRATIONS
Aravind-Coimbatore, January 24
12th Hospital day was celebrated at Aravind-Coimbatore on January 24.
Dr.R.Revathi, Chief cornea clinic, delivered welcome address. Dr. V.Narendran, CMO presented the Annual Report for the year 2008. Mr.G.Srinivasan, Director-Finance delivered the chief guest’s address. In his speech, he highlighted the reasons for hospital’s success that is sincerity, commitment and hard work. He also mentioned the significance of maintaining the goodwill and motivated everybody to be a part of Aravind’s growth. He appreciated the contribution of all the staff members to make Aravind excel and marvel among its competitors.
Mr. G. Srinivasan presented Dr.Sathieya Rekha with the “Dr.G.Venkatasamy Gold Medal” for securing highest rank in the DNB exams. And he distributed cash awards to the staff members, who have completed 15 years 10 years and 5 years of service in AECS. Cultural Programme was held after the prize distribution. Dr.V.R.Saravanan proposed vote of thanks.
21ST HOSPITAL DAY CELEBRATION
Aravind-Tirunelveli, February 14
21st Hospital Day was celebrated at Aravind-Tirunelveli on February 14.
Dr.P.Namperumalsamy, Chairman, AECS participated as Guest of honor. Dr.Cleutus Babu, Chairman, SCAD Group of Institutions, Sri Sankarananda Swamiji, Correspondent-Sri Saradha College and Mr.Athilingam, Founder – Annai Velanganni Hospitals and other well wishers of AECS participated as special guests.
The function started with prayer song and Dr.R.Ramakrishnan, CMO welcomed the gathering. Dr.Shivakumar presented the Annual report-2008. As a mark of respect and recognition of the efforts put in by some of the members, cash awards and certificates were distributed by the Chairman Dr.P.Namperumalsamy to the staff members and cash award were distributed to the MLOP Rank holders. Following the award distribution, Chairman delivered an inspiring speech. Later Dr.Cleutus Babu, Sri Sankarananda Swamiji and Mr.Athilingam addressed the gathering. Dr.Maneksha proposed vote of thanks.
ANNUAL DAY CELEBRATION OF SURANDAI VISION CENTRE
Aravind-Tirunelveli, February 18
Annual day of Surandai Vision Centre was celebrated on February 18 and a diabetic camp was also held, Nearly 329 patients attended the camp, in which 124 were identified as Diabetic.
An exhibition was held for creating awareness among the public. The meeting was attended by panchayat president, bank officials, doctors, businessmen, public and other members of Aravind Eye Hospital.
Dr.R.Ramakrishnan, C.M.O, Dr.Chandrika, Mr.Balakrishnan, Free Hospital
co-ordinator, Mr.S.T.Jayabalan, Manager - Administration, technicians, camp organisers and co-ordinators from the Vision Centre facilitated the function. Mr.Jayabalan and Mr. Balakrishnan welcomed the gathering. Ms. Priya, Vision Centre co-ordinator presented the Annual Report, Dr. R.Ramakrishnan spoke on the "Purpose and Mission of Vision Centre". Dr.Chandrika delivered a talk on "Common Eye Diseases" and Mr.T.Subramanian, Camp Organiser proposed vote of thanks.
HOSPITAL DAY CELEBRATION AT ARAVIND-Pondicherry
Aravind-Pondicherry, February 21
Sixth Hospital Day was celebrated at Aravind-Pondicherry on February 21. All the staff participated in the celebration. The function started with a prayer song followed by Mr. Renjith Krishnan, Outpatient Department Manager, welcoming the gathering. Dr. Tiruvenkata Krishnan, Cornea Medical officer presented the Annual Report.
Dr. R.D.Ravindran, C.M.O and Joint Director of Aravind Eye Care System and
Dr. G.Natchiar, Vice-Chairman addressed the staff congratulating, encouraging and motivating them to do more in the coming years. Staff members who had completed 15 years, 10years and 5 years of service were rewarded. Recreational activities took place after the reward function. Mr. Poobalan, Manager - Administration delivered vote of thanks.
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| CMEs and Workshops at Aravind Eye Hospitals |
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CASE WRITING WORKSHOP
LAICO, January 28-29
Case Writing Workshop was held at LAICO from January 28-29. The main objective of the workshop was
- - To learn how to use the case study as part of teaching in the class
- - To learn how to prepare the teaching guide of the case study
- - To understand the factors which make a good case study
- - To understand the process of writing up a case study
- - To understand the different ways of a case study
TIFAC - CORE WORKSHOP ON FLOW CYTOMETRY AND ITS APPLICATION IN OPHTHALMIC RESEARCH
LAICO, February 17-21
Aravind Eye Hospital has established TIFAC-CORE (Centre of Relevance and Excellence) to carry out studies on various aspects of Diabetic Retinopathy. This workshop was organised as a part of the TIFAC-CORE project at Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Dr. G. Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute, Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai.
Flow cytometry (FCM) is a widely used technique, not only in immunology and hematology but also in many other domains and new applications have been developed in ophthalmology, for investigating ocular surface biology and pathophysiology.
The five day workshop included lectures from 5 pioneers in the field of Flow Cytometry - Dr. Attila Tarnok, University of Leipzig, Germany
Dr. James F. Leary, Purdue University, USA
Dr. Robert M Zucker, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA
Dr. Susann Muller, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Germany and Dr. Henning Ulrich, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
The sessions highlighted recent advancements in the field of Flow cytometry and its various applications. The practical sessions included the demonstration of basics of analytical cytometry and training of students in cytometry techniques and its applications in ophthalmic research. A total of 12 participants from various research institutes and colleges attended the training programme.
III CME FOR TRAINING COORDINATORS
Aravind-Coimbatore, February 7-8
III Training Coordinators CME was held at Aravind-Coimbatore from February 7-8. The main purpose of the CME is to strengthen the training administration by standardising the process through developing the capacity of the training coordinators in the area of communication, documentation, report generation, and adopting the systems and procedures. A total of 17 participants from All Aravind Eye Hospitals attended the workshop.
PAEDIATRIC SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION
Aravind- Tuticorin, February 22
Paediatric Seminar and Exhibition was held at Aravind-Tuticorin on February 22. Mr.T.Jayabalan, Manager, Administration welcomed the gathering followed by Dr.Shivakumar who spoke on “Global Eye Scenario and Vision 2020”. Dr.Meenakshi, Chief of Paediatric Clinic spoke on “Paediatric Eye Diseases and Eye Donation”. Dr.G.Anita, Incharge of Tuticorin Hospital spoke on Common Eye Diseases. Mr.Nammalvar, volunteer proposed vote of thanks.
Paediatric Exhibition: Staff members of Aravind-Tirunelveli and Tuticorin enthusiastically took part in the exhibition. Various charts, posters, pamphlets and models were displayed in the exhibition. Charts on various Paediatric eye diseases, eye care and general eye diseases were displayed. Nearly 200 participated in the Seminar and visited the exhibition.
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ALL INDIA OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
B.M. Birla Science and Technology Research Centre, Jaipur, February 5-7, 2009
Dr. P. Vijayalakshmi
- Managing management dilemmas in strabismus surgery
Dr Shashikant Shetty
- Squint correction with cataract extraction in same sitting
- Single stage adjustable surgery under propofol and fentanyl
- Congenital Nystagmus
Dr. Anil Kumar Gunda
- Preoperative Evaluation and Planning the Strabismus Surgery
- Causes of Low Vision in Children
- Vision Rehabilitation in children with neurological disorders
Dr. R.Muralidhar
- Adjustable Strabismus Surgery
Dr.Naresh Babu
- Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy - Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among paramedical personnel and community members
Poster presented
- Silicone oil tamponade in 23 gauge transconjuctival sutureless vitrectomy
Dr.Anand Rajendran
- Intravitreal Bevacizumab for AMD versus Non-AMD CNVMs and he participated as the speaker for Instruction course on
- Advances in the management of AMD
- Role of Avastin in AMD
Dr.Anuradha
- Unusual presentations of posterior scleritis
Dr.R.Ramakrishnan participated as the chairperson for the following sessions
- Intraocular Pressure and Corneal Thickness: A Comparison between Non-Contact Tonometry and Goldmann Applanation Tonometry
- Swap in Patients with Acrys of Natural IOL Implant'
- Study of Diode Laser Cylcophotocoagulation in Refractory Glaucoma in South Indian Population
- Optical Coherence Tomography measurement of the Retinal Nerve Fibre Layer in Normal Juvenile Glaucomatous Eye
- Etiology and Anti-Bacterial resistance pattern of community - acquired microbial ocular in tertiary eye care hospital in South India
- To Study Clinical Characteristics of Paediatric Optic Neuritis including the Visual outcome in a tertiary eye care centre in South India.
- Diabetic Macular Ischemia and its Association with Systemic Diseases
- IOL Master Optical Biometry Vs Conventional Ultrasound Biometry in Intraocular Lenses Power Calculations in High Myopic Eyes
Dr.Shivakumar Chandrasekaran won the “K.C. SINGHAL AWARD” for the best paper presentation award in the paper “External Diseases Session titled Etiology and antibacterial resistance pattern of community-acquired bacterial ocular infections in a tertiary eye-care hospital in South India”
Dr.Ankit Avasthi, Dr.Sivakumar, Dr.Neelam Pawar, Dr.Ashish Gangwar, Dr.Rahul Dubeaar, Dr.Aditya Vikram Sharma, Dr.Sandeep Reddy participated in the conference.
Dr. R.D. Ravindran participated in the AIOS conference
Dr. Venkatesh
- Surgical Management of Coexisting cataract and Glaucoma
Dr. Tiruvenkada Krishnan
- Retrospective study of Dematicieous fungal keratitis at a tertiary eye hospital
Dr. Ravindranath Reddy
- Paper presentation: Conjunctival Autograft using fibrin sealant in primary pterygium surgery
- Poster presentation: Fortified Amikacin in management of Atypical Mycobacteria keratitis – A case series report
Dr. Sengupta sabyasachi
- Paper presentation: Use of a mydriatic cocktail with a wick for Preoperative Mydriasis in Cataract Surgery – A prospective randomised controlled clinical trial.
- Poster Presentation: Cortical Blindness with Cerebellar infarction following scorpion sting – A rare Phenomenon
Dr. S.R. Krishnadas
- Controversies in Ophthalmology Symposium- Neuroprotection in Glaucoma
- New Advances in Glaucoma Diagnositics- Symposium: FDT and Humphrey Matrix in Glaucoma Diagnosis
- Newer Perimetry techniques
- Optic nerve evaluation for Ophthalmology Practitioners.
Dr. V. Narendran
- Management of severe Endophthalmitis
- Differential diagnosis for Leukocoria
- Differential diagnosis for stage 5 ROP
Dr. V. R. Saravanan participated in the AIOS conference
FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (FICCI) MEETING
Chennai, February 18
Dr. Venkatesh
- Technology in Healthcare Robotics / Tele – medicine
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SUPERVISORS AND TUTORS MEETING
Aravind-Madurai, January 29-31
Every year as part of leadership enhancement programme, the MLOPs who have completed five years are eligible to apply for the post of Supervisor and Tutor. In December 2008, the IV batch of supervisors and tutors was selected from all the Aravind Eye Hospitals and they had a formal three day orientation programme at Madurai from January 29-30. There were eight supervisors, five tutors, one clinical coordinator and one OCT technician who underwent this training.
This orientation programme was designed in such a way
- To formalise the expectations of new job description
- To develop supervisory skills and teaching Skills
- To develop confidence in undertaking the new role.
As part of the orientation there were two guest lectures, one on “self discipline” and the other on “problem solving techniques”. An action plan has been prepared at the individual level which describes the activities that they will be doing over the next few months in this new role to improve the department activities as well as for their MLOP development.
HR RETREAT 2009-“STANDARDISING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR GROWTH OF ORGANISATION AND EMPLOYEES”
Aravind-Tirunelveli, February 5-6, 2009
HR Retreat was held at Aravind-Tirunelveli from February 5-6. The objective of the retreat was to operationalise the theme “standardizing measurement system for growth of organisation and employees”. Ms. G. Natchiar, Director-Human Resource Development, Ms. Preethi Pradhan, Senior HR Manager, HR staff, representatives of MLOPs and Personnel Department staff of Aravind Eye Hospital attended the retreat. It was led by Ms. Preethi Pradhan, and there were a total of 19 participants representing the five hospitals, AMECS office and Aurolab.
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SESSION ON LINEN MANAGEMENT
February 17
Housekeepers at Aravind-Tirunelveli visited Hotel Sri Janakiram on February 17 to get an idea about Linen Management, bed making and also their Housekeeping practices.
The Housekeepers were taken to Suite room, Duplex room and also the various kinds of rooms and the staff members practically demonstrated “Bed making”. Mr.Senthil, Housekeeper, Janakiram hotel explained the Linen Management and also showed different kinds of registers maintained.
MELODY FRIDAY
LAICO, February 27, 2009
The evening of last Friday of February was a very exciting one for the Melody Friday audience in the LAICO auditorium, the theme was “Love & Compassion”. Different perspectives of the theme were brought out by those who participated.
MLOP sisters Ms.Kamila and Ms.Durga started the show with a song about mother’s love which became a great source of delight to the crowd. Ms.Ramani, Coordinator, Personnel, presented before the audience an old film song, supporting the theme of love & Compassion.
Mr. Anshuman brought before the audience a song from a Hindi album and Mr.Sanil, accompanied him in guitar. Sr. Krishnaveni a new participant to the melody Friday program excited the audience with a song of her own composition. The audience was carried away by the mesmerizing flute performances of Mr. Vijay Anand of Aurolab. Mr. Sanil Joseph, coordinated the performances and sang two songs (one from a Hindi film and the other from a Tamil film) The one hour program of ten performances seemed to have passed quickly and was concluded by a group song ‘Anbe Sivam’ by Dr.Vivekanand, Mr.Anshuman and Mr. Sanil. The theme for next Melody Friday is ‘Empowerment of Women’.
HERITAGE WALK TO SAMANAR CAVES
March 1, 2009
As a part of Aurowel health programme 2009 for the 40 plus age group employees of Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, a total of 32 employees went on a heritage walk on March 1, 2009. They headed for a place which is just a 30-minute travel from the city to a mountain cave inhabited by Jain monks 1500 years ago at Nagamalai Pudukottai.
Dr.Venkatraman was the guide who gave details about the sculptures and Brahmi scripts found on the caves. He explained how our ancestors worshiped nature in the form of trees.
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ROADMAP FOR STRENGTHENING THE TRAINING OF MLOPS IN INDIA
LAICO, February 10
A one day workshop on “Roadmap for strengthening the training of Mid Level Ophthalmic Personnel in India” was held at LAICO on February 10, 2009. The meeting was attended by representatives of Eye Care INGOs of India (CBM, SSI, ORBIS, and Seva Foundation), VISION 2020 India representative, Eye Hospitals (Joseph Eye Hospital as well as AECS) which provide training as well as Dr Rathore who represented the NPCB-India. The development of human resource for eye care particularly of the ophthalmic assistants was recognized as the key to achieving the goals of VISION 2020-The Right to Sight.
In this context, enhancing the quality of current training programmes particularly for this group through standardisation, faculty development, training infrastructure development, etc., was seen as a priority. As part of the roadmap developed the group has decided to undertake a survey to assess the current training status as well as feedback from the group regarding their thoughts on developing a standard programme. The next meeting is planned on April 22, 2009 in Bangalore with the concerned stakeholders to take forward this idea for implementation. The group also recognised that this has been a long pending need for India and Dr Rathore promised to provide his full support. AECS was represented by Dr Natchiar, Mr Thulasiraj,
Dr Usha Kim and Ms. Preethi Pradhan.
PRISM 2009 “EXCELLENCE IN HOSPITAL & HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION”
LAICO, February 14-15, 2009
PRISM is an annual national meet organised at LAICO by the Fellows in Eye Hospital Management and the Aravind Administrative Team. PRISM aims to enhance new insights into hospital management for professionals and students in this sector. Through sharing of rich experiences of professionals from diverse fields of management, PRISM provides a forum for hospital administrative professionals to keep themselves updated with the latest happenings in the hospital management sector. It serves to provide a platform for hospital administrators to network with each other.
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MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR EYE CARE PROGRAMME MANAGERS
LAICO, February 16-27
Management Training for Eye Care Programme Managers course was held at LAICO from February 16-27. A total of 23 participants from the following hospitals were participated in the course
- Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi
- Sight Savers International, India
- Fred Hollows Foundation, Bangladesh
- VISION 2020 India, India
- Islamia Eye Hospital, Bangladesh
- Sight Savers International, Bangladesh
- Trachoma & Prevention of blindness, programme, Myanmar
- Fred Hollows Foundation, Cambodia
- CBM International, China
- Fred Hollows Foundation, Australia
- He Eye Hospital, China
- International Resources for the Improvement of Sight (IRIS)
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GRADUATION DAY CELEBRATION
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Lucknow, February 22
The second batch of MLOPs celebrated their Graduation day after completing their 3 year training programme. The ceremony was attended by all the staff of IGHERC, and Dr.Krishnadas, Sr. Chidambaram, and Mr.Gnanashekar from Aravind Eye Hospital and the family members of the graduating MLOP’s
GLAUCOMA CLINIC INAUGURATION
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Amethi, February 21
The first specialty glaucoma clinic was inaugurated at Amethi hospital on February 21. Dr. Krishnadas, Chief Medical Officer, and head of Glaucoma clinic at Aravind-Madurai inaugurated the clinic. All the staff members and doctors participated in the inauguration.
EYE EXHIBITION
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Amethi, February 6-7
A two day Eye Exhibition was held at IGEHRC - Amethi. All the department staff participated and the exhibition was visited by patients, patient attendants, staff from Sanjay Gandhi Hospital and staff and students from Indira Gandhi School of Nursing.
TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMME
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Lucknow, February 7
Teachers Training Programme was held at IGEHRC, Lucknow on February 7. Teachers from city schools participated in the training programme. The training was given in the area of detecting refractive errors in school children. Following this screening was done in the school premises.
MOTIVATIONAL TALK
Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital & Research Centre, Lucknow
Motivational talk was given at IGEHRC for the MLOPs by Dr.Krishnadas from Aravind-Madurai. He spent time on discussing with MLOPs individually about their problems and issues related to work. All the MLOPs were highly inspired by his talk and his presence.
BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD
Refraction Department at IGEHRC – Amethi was given the Best Performance Award for their continuous achievement in the refraction department.
VISITORS TO AMECS HOSPITALS
- Mr.G.Srinivasan, Director – Finance, and Dr.Aravind Srinivasan, Administrator, Aravind-Madurai, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai visited IGEHRC Amethi and Lucknow from February 11-14
- Dr.Sathyan, Aravind-Coimbatore visited IGEHRC, Amethi for three weeks to provide “Phaco Training” for the junior Medical Officers at Amethi.
- Dr.Krishnadas, Aravind-Madurai visited Lucknow from February 24-27 and he took classes for doctors on various topics related to Ophthalmology.
- Dr.Krishnadas, Sr. Chidambaram, and Mr.Gnanashekar from Aravind-Madurai visited IGEHRC, Lucknow & Amethi from February 19-27. Their objective of the visit was Parameters for Benchmarking, Supervisor/ Tutor Selection.
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67TH ALL INDIA OPHTHALMOLOGICAL CONFERENCE
Jaipur, February 5-8, 2009
Aurolab participated in the 67th All India Ophthalmological Conference held at B.M. Birla Science and Technology Research Centre, Jaipur from February 5-8.
Aurolab used the opportunity to introduce new products “Auroflex - EV” - Negative Aspheric IOL, Absorbable sutures & Needles, Ocublue Plus - A new dye for ILM peeling, and Aurolase 532 - Green Laser Photocoagulator to the ophthalmic society.
Aurolab also strongly promoted the other existing products. The stall attracted good number of delegates and the booth staff comprising of marketing team members, product managers and division heads responded to their queries. It was visited by some of our international dealers, customers and prominent doctors from across the country. Members of the Aurolab team also participated in the Aravind Alumni Meet held on February 7 at Hotel Maurya Palace, Jaipur.
VISITORS TO AUROLAB
- Mr. V. Srinivasan, Carl Zeiss Meditec AG - President & Dr. Mueller, Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets Officer visited on February 9
- Mr. Anil Kumar Nair & Mr. Andreas, GEVDER Asia Pacific P Ltd, Singapore and Mr. Richard Walmsley, Ingeneus (P) Ltd, Australia visited Aurolab on February 10
- Mr. Laurent Stoop (Cameraman) and Mr. Bruno Amrein (Journalist) from SWISS Television visited Aurolab on February 11
- Mr. U. J. Shin, Director of the Board, E-Young Co., Ltd visited Aurolab on
February 13
- A team from Global Health Council visited Aurolab on February 17
- Mr. Chip Meisel, Aerotech Asia Pacific Director of Reginal Sales & Mr. Ron Rekowski, Aerotech's Product Manager visited Aurolab on February 19
- Mr. Anurag Toshniwal, Director and Mr.Ashok, Manager from TOSHBRO MEDICALS on February 26
- The participants of Management Training for Eye Care Programme Managers visited Aurolab to have an overview of Aravind Eye Care System on February 27.
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| TRAINING PROGRAMMES AT ARAVIND |
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Course title |
Training Centre |
Total number trained as on January 2009 |
Enrollments for February 2009 |
Residency Programmes
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Diplomate of the National Board |
Madurai |
60 |
5 |
| Coimbatore |
12 |
3 |
| Pondicherry |
2 |
4 |
| Theni |
5 |
0 |
| Tirunelveli |
26 |
0 |
Post DO DNB |
Madurai |
10 |
3 |
| Coimbatore |
0 |
2 |
| Pondicherry |
2 |
2 |
| Theni |
1 |
0 |
| Tirunelveli |
4 |
0 |
Short Term Courses - For Ophthalmologists |
Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma |
Madurai |
94 |
1 |
| Tirunelveli |
77 |
2 |
| Coimbatore |
63 |
1 |
IOL Micro surgery |
Madurai |
675 |
1 |
| Tirunelveli |
258 |
2 |
| Coimbatore |
190 |
2 |
| Pondicherry |
7 |
0 |
Lasers in Diabetic Retinopathy |
Madurai |
208 |
2 |
| Coimbatore |
186 |
2 |
Phacoemulsification |
Madurai |
91 |
1 |
| Tirunelveli |
44 |
2 |
| Coimbatore |
54 |
1 |
| Pondicherry |
13 |
0 |
Small Incision Cataract Surgery |
Madurai |
119 |
1 |
| Tirunelveli |
85 |
1 |
| Coimbatore |
91 |
2 |
| Pondicherry |
10 |
1 |
Fundus Fluorescein Angiography and Ultrasonography |
Madurai |
29 |
1 |
Instrument Maintenance Course
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Instrument Maintenance - For Technicians |
Madurai |
360 |
7 |
| Pondicherry |
2 |
0 |
Management Course
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Management Training for Eye Care Programme Managers |
LAICO |
179 |
23 |
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- Ms. Suzanne Gilbert, Seva, USA visited Aravind-Madurai from February 8-19. The purpose of her visit is to discuss with the Global Health Council Team and to participated in the MLOP Road map workshop
- A team from SWISS TV visited Aravind-Madurai from February 8-14, to prepare TV report about AECS
- Mr. Nagarajan, SEVA, USA visited Aravind-Madurai from February 10-13 to participate in the Road map Workshop, and to meet & discuss with Dr. Suzanne on Grameen Eye Hospital project
- Aravind received the Gates Foundation Award in 2008, which was recommended/nominated by the Global Health Council. Officials from Health Sector in different capacities came on a visit to Aravind between 15-21 February to study the Aravind model of eye care delivery and to these practices can be replicated in the Health Care delivery systems in other parts of the world especially the developing countries. They interacted with the local N.G.Os and renowned industrialists in Madurai
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A SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILD GETS PROSTHETIC EYE WITH THE HELP OF RING OF HOPE
This is a sad story of a child who got afflicted with Retinoblastoma when he was only 3 months old. The incurable disease ultimately caused enucleation of the left eye. It was substituted by a readymade eye which marred the childs natural appearance. Aravind replaced the readymade one with a customised prosthetic eye with the financial help of the RING OF HOPE FUND much to the delight of the patient and his parents.
The child Prabhakar (real name shielded) was born to a poor parents belonging to a village in Pudukottai district. When he was about 3 months old, his left eye got affected by retinal cancer. As a result the eye was removed in a Chennai hospital.
Later a readymade eye was implanted in the left orbit. However it looked different from his right eye. As a result the boys face lost its naturalness. People who looked at the boy began to ask what is wrong with his eyes. Such remarks caused much pain to the parents.
At the age of 7, Prabhakar was brought to Aravind Eye Hospital by his parents to seek a remedy for the problem. Doctors who examined him advised replacing of the readymade eye with a customised prosthetic eye that would look like a real one. And they referred the patient to the Ocular Prosthetics Centre.
The staff at the centre explained to the parents as to how the Prosthesis is made to exactly suit the childs orbit and the costs it would entail. They took leave of them saying we will have the prosthetic eye when we come for the next follow-up examination.
However, they repeated the same words at every followup examination once in 6 months. The preplexed staff enquired the parents why they were postponing prosthetics procedure. They hesitantly replied we have no money for that! Moved by the plight of this poor people, the doctor at the centre helped to get the required money from the RING OF HOPE FUND. With the amount received from the fund, the prosthesis was implanted in Prabhakars left orbit.
When the boy looked at his eyes in the mirror and the parents saw their sons face after the end of the procedure, broad smiles curled over their steep cheek. Before returning home with the child, the parents heartily thanked the doctors and sisters and showered well wishes for Aravind Eye Hospital.
Source: R.M. Meena - Ocular Prosthetics centre
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February 2009 |
Hospitals |
Madurai |
Theni |
Tirunelveli |
Coimbatore |
Pondicherry |
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Total |
| HOSPITAL OUT-PATIENT VISITS |
| Paying (New & Review) |
34,743 |
5,782 |
16,977 |
22,659 |
14,884 |
18,035 |
113,080 |
| Free (Direct walk-in) |
10,032 |
1370 |
5239 |
7668 |
4685 |
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28,994 |
| OUTREACH OUT PATIENTS |
| Regular Eye Camps |
8,865 |
2,075 |
3,173 |
5,843 |
6,139 |
10,714 |
36,809 |
| Diabetic Retinopathy camps |
175 |
704 |
1,609 |
3,868 |
- |
- |
6,356 |
| Refraction Camps |
171 |
108 |
434 |
- |
576 |
1722 |
3011 |
| School Screening |
23,761 |
- |
369 |
1744 |
5612 |
1142 |
32,628 |
| Vision Centres |
3,760 |
3,570 |
2,571 |
1,323 |
1,470 |
- |
12,694 |
| Community Eye Clinics |
2,940 |
1159 |
2,515 |
2,265 |
- |
- |
8,879 |
| Total OP Examinations |
84,447 |
14,768 |
32,887 |
45,370 |
33,366 |
31,613 |
242,451 |
| SURGERIES |
| Paying |
4,630 |
444 |
1,580 |
2,630 |
1,380 |
987 |
11,651 |
| Free (including the subsidized camp surgeries) |
2,116 |
178 |
814 |
1,758 |
654 |
- |
5,520 |
| Camp |
2,974 |
168 |
807 |
1,303 |
1,006 |
2,622 |
8,880 |
| Total Surgeries |
9,720 |
790 |
3,201 |
5,691 |
3,040 |
3,609 |
26,051 |
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