A high incidence of diabetes found among the population living in and around Raipur is now leading to a spike in serious eye ailments, Dr Shashank Gang, Director, ASG Eye Hospitals, said on Monday.
He was addressing a news conference during the launch of ASG Eye Hospitals in the super-speciality eye care segment in the city.
The other biggest segment of patients visiting the hospital are being diagnosed with glaucoma in Raipur, Dr Gang said.
Glaucoma is a disease in which fluid pressure within the eye builds up and if untreated, the person may lose vision, he said.
Dr Gang said that it was also found that a significantly large number of patients in and around Raipur have thinner cornea layers compared to people in other parts of the State. He said it is very difficult to explain this phenomenon.
Another Director of the hospital, Dr Arun Singhvi, maintained, “ASG Eye Hospitals has brought the best of technology and solutions for all eye disorders. Now, with the help of advanced technology and treatments like Q lasik , Phakic and multi-focal IOl and Vitro Retinal Surgery and DASEK & DAlK method of corneal transplant , complex diseases of the cornea and retina will be treated in Raipur itself.
Dr Navneet Kumar and Dr Pramod Bhimseria will head the Centres for Cornea and Retina for their respective departments. The Centres will offer consultation for medical and surgical management of the full range of routine, complex and high-risk corneal and external eye diseases in addition to ultra modern departments of other eye services, they informed.