A team of doctors led by Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital Directors and noted ophthalmologists Dr BP Kashyap and Dr Bharti Kashyap today performed 125 cataract surgeries at Sohri Chandravanshi Hospital, in Vishrampur area of Palamu. The team of doctors who operated upon the selected patients also included Dr Priteesh Pronnoy and Dr Sunil Kumar of the KMEH.
The patients were operated in the NABH quality operation theatre and were given free medicines. A team of doctors and medics of KMEH is camping at Sohri Chandravanshi Hospital for taking care of the patients. Under the aegis of KMEH, Ramchandra Chandravanshi Welfare Trust and Kashyap Memorial Eye Bank a free eye checkup camp was organised at Sohri Chandravanshi Hospital, Navadih, Kala, Vishrampur on February 12. As many as 1122 people were checked out of which 352 people were detected with cataract. Total 125 people were selected for operation as many patients could not be operated due to high blood pressure and sugar levels.
Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi said on the occasion that it was a historic day when 125 people were being operated with a team of expert doctors from the KMEH using state of the art machines. He thanked Dr BP Kashyap and Dr Bharti Kashyap and their team for the exemplary work and said that they would continue holding such camps in near future.
Speaking on the occasion Dr Bharti Kashyap said that on the request of the Health Minister they were holding a mega eye checkup camp in the far off areas of Palamu for the second time. “Generation after generation we have been working in interior areas of Palamu and Garhwa for the last 40 years. In far off areas of the State including Saryu and Saranda action plan areas, Khunti, Gumla, Sahibganj, Hazaribagh, Dumka, Ranchi and other districts’ areas we have been organising mega eye camp and helping thousands of people get back their vision,” she said.
Notably, machines and equipment of international firms and Phaco machines were used during the surgery under NABH standards.