Glimpses of Free Eye Camp at Ramamani Nagar, Bellur
June 6-7, 2006
June 6-7, 2006
• Bellur Krishnamachar Seshamma Smaraka Niddhi Trust
• Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Trust
• Shankar Nethralaya
• Ellisor India
• Devaraj Urs Medical College
• Organized the Eye Camp
• 800 villagers from Bellur & neighbouring villages participated in the eye
camp.
• Nearly 50 doctors assisted in the camp
• Inauguration of India’s first mobile Refraction Unit
• All school children from Bellur tested
• Provided free spectacles to all the villagers diagnosed with refraction errors.
• Nearly 200 villagers were given free spectacles Shankar Nethralaya
• Provided with technical and medical expertise.
• Provided on-line consultation for complicated cases with senior opthalmologists in Chennai and Bangalore through their own satellite dish.
• Evaluation of refraction errors, diabetic retinopathy, blood sugar, blood pressure & eye disorders.
• Manufacturers of lenses.
• Provided India’s First Mobile Refraction Unit
• Lenses and spectacles made to order within two – three hours in this mobile unit.
• Patients detected with cataract or other eye disorders immediately transported to Hospital and operated upon.
• About 25 people operated within two days.
• Others scheduled for surgery later.
• 180 students passed from Grade VIII to IX in 2005-2006
• 150 new students register for Class VIII in 2006
• Over 325 students in this school – highest in the area