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WGW 2014 March 9 to 15, 2014 1 World Glaucoma Week, 2014 List of Activities across India Andhra Pradesh: Hyderabad……………………………Page 2 Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam….Page 3 Assam: Guwahati……………………………………………Page 4 Bihar: Patna…………………………………………………….Page5 Chandigarh (U.T)……………………………………………..Pages 6, 7,8 Chattisgarh………………………………………………………Page9 Delhi……………………………………………………………….Pages 10,11 Gujarat: Ahmedabad……………………………….……….Page 12 Haryana: Rohtak………………………………………………Page 13 Himachal Pradesh: Palampur……………………………Page 14 Karnataka: Bengaluru………………………………………Page 15 Kerala: Trivandrum………………………………………….Page 16 Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal……………………………………………………Page 17 Gwalior………………………………………………….Page 18 Indore……………………………………………………Page 19 Ujjain…………………………………………………….Page 20 Maharashtra: Nagpur………………………………………Page 21 Odisha: Bhuvaneshwar and Berhampur……………Page 22 Punjab: Bhatinda……………………………………………….Page 23 Kharar…………………………………………………..Page 24 Rajasthan: Jaipur……………………………………………..Page 25 Tamil Nadu: Chennai…………………………………………Page 26 Uttar Pradesh Moradabad and Sitapur ………………………..Page 27 West Bengal: Kolkata……………………………………..Page 28

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World  Glaucoma  Week,  2014    

List  of  Activities  across  India  

Andhra  Pradesh:  Hyderabad……………………………Page  2                                                                      Vijaywada,  Vishakhapatnam….Page  3  Assam:    Guwahati……………………………………………Page  4  

Bihar:  Patna…………………………………………………….Page5  

Chandigarh  (U.T)……………………………………………..Pages  6,  7,8  

Chattisgarh………………………………………………………Page9  

Delhi……………………………………………………………….Pages  10,11  

Gujarat:  Ahmedabad……………………………….……….Page  12  

Haryana:  Rohtak………………………………………………Page  13  

Himachal  Pradesh:  Palampur……………………………Page  14  

Karnataka:  Bengaluru………………………………………Page  15  

Kerala:  Trivandrum………………………………………….Page  16  

Madhya  Pradesh:    

Bhopal……………………………………………………Page  17  

Gwalior………………………………………………….Page  18  

Indore……………………………………………………Page  19  

Ujjain…………………………………………………….Page  20  

Maharashtra:  Nagpur………………………………………Page  21  

Odisha:  Bhuvaneshwar  and  Berhampur……………Page  22  

Punjab:    

Bhatinda……………………………………………….Page  23  

Kharar…………………………………………………..Page  24  

Rajasthan:  Jaipur……………………………………………..Page  25  

Tamil  Nadu:  Chennai…………………………………………Page  26  

Uttar  Pradesh  

Moradabad  and  Sitapur  ………………………..Page  27  

West  Bengal:  Kolkata……………………………………..Page  28  

 

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 Andhra  Pradesh    Hyderabad    Producer  Dil  Raju,  Tollywood  actress  Regina  Cassandra  and  Director  Neelakanta  comprised  the  celebrity  draw  at  the  Walk  organized  by  LVPEI  at  7  am  from  Prasad  Labs  to  Jubilee  Hills  check-­‐post  and  back.      http://www.lvpei.org/news-­‐events/news.php?task=events_frontview&id=707    

 

   

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Vijaywada    The  Walk  organized  by  LVPEI  from  the  City  Centre  to  the  Benz  Circle  saw  about  50  participants.      

   Vishakhapatnam    Sri  Uppalapati  Raja,  Titan  Business  Associate  and  Sri  O  Naresh,  CEO,  Symbiosys  Technologies  flagged  off  the  Walk  from  the  Ramakrishna  Beach.  Allergan  India  and  Pfizer  supported  the  event.      

   

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Assam  

Guwahati  

   • Under  the  guidance  of  Dr  Prafulla  Sarma,  Sri  Sankaradeva  Nethralaya,  the  Glaucoma  awareness  march  was  organized  at  Guwahati  with  about  400  participants  including  about  a  100  school  children.    

   

   

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Bihar  

Patna  

   • Glaucoma  March  was  conducted  on  March  9  • Free  screening  of  relatives  of  glaucoma  patients  at  Divyadrishti  Eye  Centre,Patna  was  conducted  by  Dr  Subhash.  

• An  audio  video  presentation  on  glaucoma  to  spread  the  awareness  through  out  the  week  for  all  the  patients  attending  Divyadrishti  Eye  Centre,  Patna.  

• Glaucoma  awareness  was  spread  on  Radio  Mirchi  and  Doordarshan  on  this  occasion.      

     

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Advanced  Eye  Centre:    

• Glaucoma  Awareness  March  on  Sunday,  9th  March  from  Rock  garden  to  Sukhna  Lake.  Attended  by  over  100  people  from  all  walks  of  life.  

• Dr  S  S  Pandav  and  Dr  Sushmita  Kaushik  organized    the  B-­‐I-­‐G  Luncheon  at  Hotel  Mountview  alongwith  a  Press  Conference.    

• Dr  SS  Pandav  and  Dr  Sushmita  Kaushik  held  radio  talks  and  sensitized  the  general  public  about  the  disease  and  the  importance  of  screening.  

• Dr  Sushmita  Kaushik  also  gave  a  talk  at  FM  radio.    • A  skit  was  organized  at  Sector  17  Plaza  for  Glaucoma  awareness.  

Government  Medical  College,  Sector  32:  • Dr  Suresh  Kumar  gave  a  talk  to  diagnosed  glaucoma  patients  to  improve  

their  drug  compliance.  • Dr  Parul  Ichhpujani  organized  a  Screening  Camp  for  the  hospital  

personnel.  She  also  designed  bookmarks  carrying  the  message  for  Glaucoma  screening,  which  were  distributed  at  major  book  stores  of  the  city  for  circulation.  

   

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Chhatisgarh    

Raipur  

 

• All  India  Institute  of  Medical  sciences,  Raipur  organized  Glaucoma  Awareness  Walkathon  on  March  9  .  

• Glaucoma  screening  camp  followed  by  a  lecture  by  Dr  Ankur  Srivastava  on  March  10.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Delhi  

• World  Glaucoma  Week  kick  started  with  glaucoma  awareness  walk  on  9th  March  from  Rajghat  to  Dr.  Shroff’s  Charity  Eye  Hospital  (SCEH).  The  walk  was  organized  in  association  with  Glaucoma  Society  of  India  and  Delhi  Ophthalmological  Society.    

• Mr.  Kapil  Sibal,  the  Hon’ble  Minister  of  Telecommunication  and  Information  Technology,  Govt.  of  India,  flagged  of  the  walk  by  releasing  balloons  on  this  occasion.    

• Several  eminent  ophthalmologists  and  glaucoma  specialists  participated  in  the  walk  along  with  the  Mr.  A.  K.  Arora  (Chief  Executive  Officer-­‐SCEH),  Doctors,  Optometrists,  Nurses  and  other  staff  of  SCEH.    

• During  the  walk  public  awareness  lectures  were  delivered  by  Prof.  (Dr.)  J.  C.  Das  (President  Glaucoma  society  of  India  (GSI)  and  Glaucoma  consultant  Shroff  Eye  Center  )  and  Dr.  Suneeta  Dubey  (Treasurer  GSI  and  HOD,  Glaucoma  services,  SCEH).  

• Other  activities  included,  free  glaucoma  screening  camps  and  public  awareness  lectures  at  Dr.  Shroff’s  Charity  Eye  Hospital  Daryaganj  and  the  satellite  centers  of  Gurgaon  (HARYANA),  Alwar  (RAJESHTHAN),  Rampur  and  Mohammadi  (  U.P.)  by  Drs.  Suneeta  Dubey,  Monica  Gandhi  and  Dr.  Julie  Pegu  and  the  Glaucoma  team.  Approximately  300  patients  had  been  screened  throughout  the  week  who  underwent  diagnostic,  laser  and  surgical  procedures  free  of  cost.        

   

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Gujarat    

Ahmedabad  

• Radio  talk  on  All  India  Radio,  on  March  12th,  by  Dr  Mariam  Mansuri  &  Dr  Purvi  Bhagat  

• TV  talk  on  Doordarshan  Girnar,  on  March  11th,  by  Dr  Deepak  C  Mehta  &  Dr  Mariam  Mansuri  

• Video  display  for  awareness,  for  all  those  patients  visiting  the  M  &  J  Western  Regional  Institute  of  Ophthalmology,  Civil  Hospital,  Ahmedabad.  

• Poster  competition  for  PGs,  UGs  and  optometry  students  with  theme  of  glaucoma.  3  best  posters  in  EACH  category  given  prizes.  All  those  posters  then  displayed  during  the  entire  week.  

• Diagnostic  camp  in  the  district  of  Amreli  • Distribution  of  awareness  pamphlets  • Free  drug  distribution  • Lectures  on  various  topics  of  glaucoma  during  the  entire  week,  

daily,  by  Dr  Mariam  Mansuri,  Dr  Kamini  Prajapati,  Dr  Nirav  Modi  and  Dr  Purvi  Bhagat  for  students  &  faculties,  M  &  J  Western  Regional  Institute  of  Ophthalmology,  Civil  Hospital.    

   

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Harayana  

Rohtak  

   

• On  Sunday,  March  9,  2014  over  100  people  gathered  for  the    Glaucoma  Awareness  Walk  2013  to  increase  awareness  about  Glaucoma.  

• Patient  awareness  talks  were  held  in  Department  of    Ophthalmology,Pt.  B  D  Sharma  PGIMS,  Rohtak.  

 

   

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Himachal  Pradesh  

Palampur  

• Glaucoma  Awareness  March  was  successfully  conducted  on  March  9,  2014,  despite  heavy  rainfall.  

• Dr  Rohit  Kumar  delivered  three  talks-­‐First  to  the  Palampur  Rotary  club  members,  second  one  at  his  hospital  for  the  staff  and  patients  and  the  third  at  the  beginning  of  the  glaucoma  walk.        

     

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Karnataka  

Bengaluru  

• Dr  Shibi  Dev  B  N,  HOD-­‐  Dept.  Of  Glaucoma,  Nethradhama  Super  Speciality  Eye  Hospital,  Jayanagar,Bangalore  chose  a  novel  way  of  spreading  glaucoma  awareness:  A  Vintage  car  rally.  

 

 

   

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Kerala  

Trivandrum  

• Trivandrum  Ophthalmic  Club  took  up  the  glaucoma  wareness  week  on  a  grand  scale.  More  than  2000  SMSs  ,  2500  postal  invites,  10000  email  invites  and  4500  facebook  invites  were  sent.  More  than  10  NGO's  were  associated.  The  Chief  Secretary  of  Kerala,  Transport  Commissioner,  Film  Stars,  doctors  and  people  from  all  walks  of  life  participated.    

 • A  press  conference  was  held  and  the  walk  was  reported  in  all  local  newspapers  both  before  and  after  the  event.  It  was  also  carried  in  two  TV  news  channels.  

 

     

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Madhya  Pradesh  

Bhopal  

• Dr  Vinita  Ramnani  organized  a  free  glaucoma  camp  on  14-­‐3-­‐14  (Friday)  and  gave  a  talk  for  glaucoma  awareness  at  local  radio(Akashwani-­‐  local  station).  

   

 

   

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Madhya  Pradesh  

Gwalior  

• Dr  U  S  Tiwari  was  instrumental  in  organizing  the  Glaucoma  Awareness  March  on  March  9.  

 

       

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Madhya  Pradesh    

Indore  

• Indore  Divisional  Ophthalmological  Society  organized  Glaucoma  Awareness  March  on  March  9th.  

 

   

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Madhya  Pradesh  

Ujjain  

• Dr.Parag  Sharma  of  Trinetra  Superspeciality  Eye  Hospital  organized  a  glaucoma  awareness  programme  under  UDOS.  

• He  also  gave  a  talk  on  98.3.  Big  FM  on  Monday  (10/3/14).  • A  video  presentation  on  Glaucoma  with  prize  distribution  for  the  general  public  was  also  done  in  the  heart  of  the  city,  Ujjain  Freeganj.  

     

   

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Odisha    

Bhuvaneshwar  

 • Glaucoma  Awareness  March  on  March  9  • Skits  which  were  performed  in  the  local  language  with  an  aim  to  spread  awareness  and  remove  misconceptions  and  myths  about  glaucoma.    

Berhampur:    MKCG  College  conducted  Glaucoma  screening  and  awareness  activities.      

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Punjab  

Bathinda  

• Dr  Amrit  Sethi,  President,Bathinda  Ophthalmological  Society  

Conducted  an  awareness  program  at  Bathinda  and  invited  Dr  Kirti  Singh  and  Dr  Gursatinder.  

• Old  time-­‐tested  drugs  like  pilocarpine,have  still  have  an  important  place  in  the  treatment  of  glaucoma,a  blinding  eye  disease.  Over  the  years,international  pharma  industry  has  pushed  out  these  drugs  in  favor  of  much  costlier  drugs-­‐making  glaucoma  treatment  unaffordable  for  poor  patients  who  have  to  use  glaucoma  drugs  for  whole  life  to  retain  the  vision.  This  gripe  was  expressed  by  Prof  Kirti  Singh  of  Maulana  Azad  Medical  College,  Delhi.  She  underlined  the  need  for  early  diagnoses  and  proper  management  to  reduce  the  load  of  blind  population  in  the  society.  She  also  demonstrated  newer  and  safer  techniques  of  surgical  procedures  for  glaucoma.    

• Prof  Gursatinder  Singh  of  Govt  Medical  College,Patiala  delved  in  newer  tools  to  diagnose  glaucoma  in  early  stages.  

   

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Kharar  

• Dr.  Balwinder  and  Dr.  Ravleen  of  the  local  Civil  Hospital  along  with  Dr.  K.K.Gupta,  Dr.  Rajiv  Jain  and  Dr  Amandeep  Singh  from  the  private  sector  conducted  an  interactive  session  with  general  public  to  spread  Glaucoma  awareness  at  Kharar.  Lions  Club,  Kharar  supported  the  programme  and  helped  organise  the  session.    

• A  quiz  was  also  conducted,  highlighting  the  main  features  of  Glaucoma,  and  clarifying  common  myths.  

 

   

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Maharashtra  

Nagpur  

Dr  Rekha  Khandelwal,  NKP  Salve  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences,  Nagpur  organized  a  week  long  activity  in  her  institute.    

• Participating  in  a  Glaucoma  Awareness  Rally  on  March  9  • Tree  plantation,  distribution  of  green  ribbons  and  patient  education  guest  lecture  on  March  10  

• Screening  camp  in  a  village    • Glaucoma  awareness  drive  in  the  campus  for  staff  and  all  the  residents  

• Glaucoma  awareness  news  article    • Audio  creative  run  on  Radio  Mirchi  from  9th  to  15th  March  

                                                       

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Rajasthan    

Jaipur  

• Dr  Ankur  Sinha,  Max  Vision  Eye  Care  Centre,  Jaipur,    discussed  the  glaucoma  week  issue  in  common  meeting  with  secretaries  of    Rajasthan  ophthalmic  society  and  Jaipur  ophthalmic  society.  

• A  press  release  and  a  free  glaucoma  screening  camp  were  carried  out  on    March  9th,  followed  by  a  free  screening  appeal  to  ophthalmologists  of  Rajasthan.  

• Dr  Sunil  Gupta  of  Ram  Avtar  Eye  Hospital  &  Glaucoma  Pavilion  on  14.03.2014  in  association  with  the  leading  Newspaper  of  Rajasthan  RAJASTHAN  PATRIKA.    

   

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Tamil  Nadu  

Chennai  

M  N  Eye  hospitals  Pvt  Ltd,  Amrit  hospital,  Darshan  Eye  Clinic,  Regional  Institute  of  Ophthalmology  &  Govt  Ophthalmic  hospital,    Hirachand  Chordia  Eye  hospital,  M  N  College  of  Optometry,  M  N  Eye  Hospitals  Pvt  Ltd,    Nirmal’s  Eye  Hospital,  Rajan  Eye  Care  Hospital,  Sankara  Nethralaya,  Sundaram  Medical  Foundation,    Swamy  Eye  Clinic,    Sri  Ramachandra  Medical  College,  V  care  eye  hospital  and    V  V  Opticians  came  together  under  the  aegis  of  Glaucoma  Society  of  India    &  Tamil  Nadu  Ophthalmic  Association  for  the  Glaucoma  Awareness  March  on  9th  March.  Dr  Murali  Ariga  coordinated  the  event.  

   

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Uttar  Pradesh  

Moradabad  and  Sitapur  

Moradabad:  • C.L.  Gupta  Eye  Institute,  a  Tertiary  Eye  Care  Centre,  spread  awareness  about  Glaucoma  amongst  patients.  

 Sitapur:    

• Dr  Madhu  Bhaduria,  organized  Poster  campaign,  mike  announcement  and  news  print  coverage.  

• Glaucoma  walk  was  organised  along  with  IMA,  Patients,  Relatives,  School  children  and  hospital  staff.    

       

   

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West  Bengal  

Kolkata  

• Dr  Chandrima  Paul,  BB  Eye  Foundation,  Kolkata  organized  the  Glaucoma  Awareness  March  on  March  9.