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 DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY |
In the face of the relentless and bewildering technological onslaught (albeit quite useful often, though at other times merely a drag on our resources), clinical ophthalmology must not be allowed to die. The basic dictum still holds well in medicine that ‘common things are common’ and that a basic doctor ought to know to identify the common ophthalmic ailments and take the appropriate clinical decision about how to proceed with their management.
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Glaucoma Surgeries |
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In order that our patients may not be denied the highly technical and state-of-the art treatment modalities, we do not fight shy of co-opting and co-operating with the guest faculty from the well-equipped tertiary-level ophthalmic hospital nearby who make weekly-twice sessions here. Especially is this advantageous in the management of posterior segment diseases. |
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| THERAPEUTIC SERVICES INCLUDING SURGICAL |
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What is worth mentioning is the comparatively charitable nature of the therapeutic services rendered to the community by the department. Whereas a cataract surgery would entail an expense of between Rs. 8000 to Rs. 12000 in the private institutions around, the surgery is done free of charge the only expenditure the patient may have to spend being the cost of the medicines and the intraocular lens. We have a weekly-twice surgical schedule. Apart from routine Cataract surgeries, other intra-ocular and extra-ocular surgeries are also offered on this free-of-cost basis like, |
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Oculoplastic surgeries |
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Organization of eye care at peripheral and Primary Health Centre levels |
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Awareness programmes for better organization of Eye Banks and ‘Eye Donation’. |
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An integrated approach systemic diseases and the eye and thus be able to liaise with other disciplines like neurology, orthapaedics, otorhinolaryngology, rheumatology, Dermatology and |
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Venereology, Endocrinology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology etc. |
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Adverse drug reactions with special reference to ophthalmic manifestations |
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National Blindness Control Programme and the ‘Vision 2020: the Right to Sight’ and magnitude of the problem of preventable and curable blindness at national and global levels and preventive ophthalmology |
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Departments of Community Opthalmology for the effective implementation of National Blindness Control Programme and now ‘Vision: 2020, the Right to Sight’.
We have held to ourselves this mirror for us in our work. We have tried to do justice equally to the two onerous duties thrust on us, viz. undergraduate medical education and teaching and patient care. The two must go hand in hand. With the above in view, we conduct seminars and discussions, case presentations and symposia apart from routine outpatient clinics and ophthalmic surgeries. |
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| UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL TEACHING PROGRAMMES |
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Succinctly put, it is aimed that, at the end of the course, the medical student passing out of the department must have a working knowledge of: |
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Common eye problems
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Principles of management of common ophthalmic emergencies
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