Glaucoma week was organized from March 6 to 12, 2022 in Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital. During this period Glaucoma Specialist Dr Samta Patel, Dr Sapna Srivastava and Dr Deepa Raidas Singh diagnosed 189 glaucoma patients. Out of those 7 patients were operated in the said period. Free glaucoma diagnosis day was also observed on March 11th. On that day 60 suspected patients were examined by the glaucoma specialists of the hospital.
In view to spread social awareness against this dreaded disease. Glaucoma specialist told the patients that glaucoma is a progressive high disease, leading cause of irreversible blindness. Early diagnosis can delay or halt the progression of the disease. This diseases is hereditary. After the age of 40, people must check it every year. This is asymptomatic disease, patients feel high intraocular pressure. Many of them are severely near sighted. People with history of eye injury or trauma should regularly diagnosed their eyes in a fix interval.