Eye Screening & Cataract Surgeries by Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital-Deoghar

24 January 2023, Giridih-Jamui-Deoghar: NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital, Deoghar has organized 09 Outreach Screening & Cataract Camps at villages of Giridih and Jamui districts in Jharkhand-Bihar during 19-24 January.

In this period, SBI Foundation has supported the camps at Devpur Middle School, Nayadih Panchayat Bhawan, Sarebad Middle School in Sono block of Jamui district. With support of Naraindas Morbai Budhrani Trust, such camps held at Badadiha, Chongakhar, Tetaramo and Ambatand villages of Jamua, Birni & Dhanwar blocks of Giridh district while the people have availed same facility at Sightsavers supported Vision Centre at Bengabad block in Giridih district with total 09 screening events. In the meantime, many discharged patients have been provided follow up service at VRBEH.

Through these eye camps, VRBEH accessed rural communities with 304 OPD, detected 142 cases of Cataract, 23 cases of Refractive Error, 06 of Ptrygium, 02 of DCR and provided medicines to 24 eye patients. In Sono block of Jamui district, nos. of OPD & Cataract patients were comparatively high.

NMBT, Sightsavers and SBIF will sponsor all Cataract Surgeries at VRBEH, Deoghar.