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The ICICI Foundation Glaucoma Centre and Uvea Centre were inaugurated astatine Sankara Nethralaya connected Tuesday.
Girish Shiva Rao, president and enforcement aesculapian director, Sankara Nethrayala, said, they person repurposed 2 floors that person been providing work for much than 4 decades.
The cognition theatres and wards person been converted into outpatient section space.
He hoped that much corporates would assistance them refurbish their infrastructure to present uncompromised prime oculus care.
Shantanu Samaddar, State Head - ICICI Bank Ltd, Tamil Nadu, gave an outline of the enactment carried retired by ICICI Foundation including accomplishment improvement and health, including agrarian health. In the past 2 years, they person been concentrating connected health, moving with like-minded institutions, helium said.
M. Baskaran, director, Smt. Jadhavbai Nathamal Singhvee Glaucoma Services, Sankara Nethralaya, said the section had each modern instrumentality for glaucoma management. Last year, it received 20,000 to 25,000 patients (both aged and new) and performed 2,500 to 3,000 large surgeries. Those treated included 150 to 200 children. The section besides provided familial counselling. Amala Elizabeth George, Deputy Director of Uvea Centre, said uvea, a uncommon and analyzable disease, contributed to 10% to 15% of blindness successful the world.
T. S. Surendran, chairman, Sankara Nethralaya, Sugal Chand Jain, committee member, Medical Research Foundation, Girish. S, Regional Head, ICICI Foundation, Ashok Mehta, honorary treasurer, Sankara Nethralaya, and G. Ramachandran, honorary caput Sankara Nethralaya were present.
