VISION CENTERS FOR PRIMARY EYE CARE DELIVERY IN INDIA
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VISION CENTERS FOR PRIMARY EYE CARE DELIVERY IN INDIA
Dr. Asim Sil, Chief Medical Officer, Netra Niramay NiketanMr. Anand Sudhan K., Head -Community Ophthalmology, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya Dr. T. P. Das, Director, LV Prasad Eye Institute – Bhubaneshwar Dr. B.K. Jain, Director, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya Dr. G. V. Rao, CEO, VISION 2020: The Right To Sight – INDIA Col. (retd) Dr. Deshpande, President, VISION 2020: The Right To Sight – INDIA Ms. Vrinda Arora, Program Manager, VISION 2020: The Right To Sight – INDIA
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight – INDIA
KEY STAKEHOLDERS
Central & State
Government NPCB / NRHM Dept. of Health
& Family Welfare, Govt.
of Tripura
Program Implementer &
ManagerIL&FS
Knowledge/ Training/
Clinical Partner Aravind Eye
Care System Netra Niramay
Niketan
Tripura Tele-Ophthalmology Project (Vision Center) - Overview
AIM -To use advances in technology to the advantage and provide primary & preventive eye care services to the
rural citizens of Tripura
REACH - 40 VCs serve a population of 31,20,377 covering 40 blocks in 4
districts of Tripura
KEY PLAYERS - Ophthalmology Department, Department of Health &
Family Welfare, Government of Tripura, IL&FS and Aravind Eye Care
System
The Need for Vision Centers
Need for VCs
Lack of modern
ophthalmic infrastructure
and ophthalmolo
gists
Human Resources – In 2014, the
number of ophthalmologists remaining would
be 7-8 (currently there are 17 ophthalmologists of which 10 are expected
to retire in 2013)
Geographically difficult
terrain hence transportation costs are huge
Innovation Applied
Set up in the premises of Community Information Centers (CICs) thus leveraging the existing infrastructure
VCs are connected to Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) Hospital in the state capital of Agartala Vision Centre Management System stores the preliminary findings and vital stats of the patients
Tripura Vision Centre
Pictures transmitted
Key Statistics Of the total number of patients screened,
between April 2007 and July 2012, 44% were women
Total Male Female0
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56% 44%
Key Statistics 67% of the patients referred to base hospital
in Agartala received treatment and were cured
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Key Statistics
Total number of re-fraction performed
Total number of glasses prescribed
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43% of the patients screened were prescribed glasses
Key Statistics 66% of the cataract patients identified have
undergone surgery
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Conclusion
Improved standard medical practices• Increase in the utilization rates of current
ophthalmologists• Attained required transparency and accountability in
clinical examination at both at vision centers and the secondary levelEffective in establishing linkages with the
community and a sense of ownership• Provided eye care to women thus leading to gender
equity
A sustainable model needs to be developed by leveraging the spectacle market.
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