lok Nayak Jai Prakash Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chouparan), a proud project of leading NGO of the state Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, has started modern and reliable treatment facility for Diabetic Retinopathy including check up and handling of diabetes also. This is a major expertise provided at any village based eye hospital.
Diabetes causes a big number of blindness every year as diabetic retinopathy and we took it as a priority to deal with, said Gandharv Gaurav, Director, lNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera.
He also informed that with collaboration of World Diabetic Foundation, Denmark, the hospital is gearing up with world class machines like Green laser and Digital Fundus Angiography to provide quality care to patients of diabetic retinopathy in Hazaribagh. Some more equipment and specialists would be available soon to ensure a wide-ranging diagnosis and healing competence, he added.
WHO estimates that 45 million Indians as suffering from diabetic retinopathy and some related studies have cautioned for around 8% annual escalation rate of the disease in Jharkhand. It’s important that diabetic retinopathy attacks gradually when diabetes affects blood vessels inside our eyes, makes them swollen and ultimately locks those ducts that results as blindness, illustrated Director Gandharv Gaurav.
lNJP Eye Hospital has launched a campaign also to make people aware of diabetes, a silent but deadly disease. Since last 5-6 months we are regularly organizing camps in rural areas of Hazaribagh and adjoining districts in which the diabetic patients are identified. Through these camps the patients are given medical advises and medicines. Our experts also try to give valuable suggestions to those villagers who are on the border of being diabetic.
lNJP Eye Hospital, a precious gift to the people suffering with eye diseases, has added this new facility of treatment of diabetic retinopathy for the benefit of the poor people of Jharkhand specially. Director Gandharv Gaurav said that we are committed to serve the people and very soon some new facilities will be added in our hospital.