As many as 1,29,962 eye patients have been diagnosed and treated in Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital in the calendar year 2018. Under controllable blindness programme, eye surgeries of 16009 patients have been done in this period.
With a view to identify the cataract patients, 274 free eye diagnosis and treatment camps were organized at small towns and cities which are normally situated in 200 km periphery of Sant Hirdaram Nagar Bhopal. After identification of eye patients, they are brought to the hospital for their surgeries.
Besides cataract surgeries, 119 Cornea Transplantation surgeries were also performed in the duration. 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, 91 surgeries of Glaucoma have been done. Similarly 306 surgeries of retina and diabetic retinopathy and 1184 surgeries of other eye diseases have also been successfully performed in the hospital.
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 NABH accredited multi specialty Eye Hospital in the state of Madhya Pradesh.