In a bid to expand health services in hinterlands of the Chhattisgarh, State Health department has decided to set up Tele-ophthalmic vision centres for providing better eye treatment facilities. About 50 community health centres have already been identified for the purpose, officials here informed on Tuesday. Once the Tele-ophthalmic centres are set up, villagers in remote areas of State would need not travel to district hospitals or cities for getting cure of eye related problems. Tele-ophthalmic vision centres would be set up in 50 identified community health centres which shall be connected with district hospitals via internet, officials said.
The experts sitting in district hospitals would examine eye patients at health centres through web cam and slit microscopes. Based on the condition of patients they would be provided treatment. Through video calling facilities available in these centres patients will be able to interact with doctors in effective way. The program has been supported by National Rural Health Mission, officials said. Notably similar kind of treatment system is followed in Uttarakhand and Tripura. A team of specialists from state health department will go Madurai, TN for studying the Tele-ophthalmic vision centres in a private hospital. later on the staff of selected Community Health centres will be also sent there for training purpose.