To upgrade knowledge and skills of doctors working in various Government health institutes and medical colleges, Punjab Health and Family Welfare Department is organising workshops in collaboration with Chandigarh’s Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Educational Research (PGIMER).
In this series, a ‘Safe Phaco Workshop’ was held in which about 66 Phaco Trained Eye Specialists, working in various government hospitals of the state, participated, said the state principal secretary health Vini Mahajan on Sunday.
Mahajan said that National Programme of Control of Blindness (NPCB) is being implemented in Punjab as per guidelines of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
“Punjab is one of the few states in which the facility of stitch less surgery by Phacoemulsification is available in all district hospitals. Small Incision Stich less Cataract Surgery is being performed, where Phaco Machine is not available,” she said.
More than 60 Ophthalmologists have received training in last five years for various sub-specialties like Small Incision Cataract Surgery, Phaco Surgery, Squint Surgery and Medical Vitreo-Retina, she said, adding that the state of the art eye equipment have been provided in government Medical Colleges and Civil Hospitals of Punjab and more are being procured in the current year.