As many as 1,29,306 eye patients were diagnosed and treated in Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital in the calendar year 2016. Under controllable blindness program, cataract surgeries of 14,013 patients have performed last.
With a view to identify the cataract patients, 272 free eye diagnosis and treatment camps were organized at small towns and cities which are normally situated in between 150 to 200 km periphery of Sant Hirdaram Nagar Bhopal.
After identification of cataract patients, they are brought to the hospital for their surgeries.
Besides cataract surgeries, 126 Cornea Transplantation surgeries have also been performed in the period. Assistance to such a large number of visually impaired persons, could only become possible because of continuously organizing eye donation campaign in the society by this eye hospital. Corneas are brought from the eye banks based at Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and Angamaly also.
It is noted that these facilities and services of surgeries, medicines, Food, Fruits and Post Operative Care to the patients are also provided free of cost.
Dreaded diabetes disease is spreading silently in the society. This disease mainly affects the vision of many diabetic patients. Diabetic patients mainly suffer with Glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy eye diseases. During the period, 54 surgeries of Glaucoma have
been done.
Similarly 240 surgeries of retina and diabetic retinopathy have also successfully performed in the hospital. In addition to these many newly born infants suffer from the squint eye problem.
These infant requires correctional surgery before attaining the age of 16 years. As many as 40 correctional surgeries of squint eyes and 27 surgeries of cornea cross linking were also done in the period.
In view to observe the treatment quality, specialty services, availability of modern technology equipments, quality of post operative care etc, the Quality Council of India have accorded accreditation to this hospital.
And thus this has become first and only NABH accredited multi specialty Eye Hospital in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
looking to big number of eye surgeries, social activist and staunch disciple of Paramhansa Sant Hirdaram Sahibji, reverend Siddh Bhauji expressed his satisfaction on this towering achievement.
He is a chairperson of Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital Trust. According to him, visual impaired person becomes the liability of the society.
Blindness not only hampers the individual development of persons but by the meantime it retains the entire human development process. He stressed the need of good sight to everyone. Reverend Siddh Bhauji applauded the roll of eye surgeons, Paramedical staff and volunteers of the hospital in blindness eradication.