Eye screening facility at Manipal Rural Maternity and Child Welfare Homes
Manipal, Feb 24, 2021: The Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Hospital Manipal has started an eye screening facility at Manipal Rural Maternity and child welfare (RMCW) Homes.
Dr. Sulatha V Bhandari, head of the Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Hospital inaugurated the facility at the Rural Maternity and Child Welfare Center, Malpe.
Dr. Sulatha V Bhandari stressed the need to have eye checkups at regular intervals.
Complete eye check-ups will be conducted in this program. Cataract surgery, glaucoma treatment, and other treatments will be done free of cost jointly by Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, and the District Blindness Control Society.
In her presidential address, Dr. Suma Nair, Head of the Department of Community Medicine said that the facility has now started at Manipal Rural Maternity and Child Welfare (RMCW) Homes so that people can get an ophthalmic facility at their doorstep.
Lions Club, Prakruthi Udupi, president Sudhakar Shetty, Secretary Prashanth Shetty were present.
The facility will be available at
- Alevoor: 4th Monday
- Malpe: 4th Tuesday
- Udyavar: 4th Wednesday
- Kaup: 4th Thursday,
- Kadekar: 4th Friday
