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However, the transplants did not offer a permanent solution. Boston Keratoprosthesis promised new hope for Ankeet and his parents. The surgery took place on July 27, 2009. For him the surgery was nothing short of a miracle! He was excited that he could now read newspapers and cell phone messages. “Earlier I could read only 2 lines (of the vision chart). Now I can read even the last 2 lines,” exulted a delighted Ankeet, who is now 20. His mother’s eyes brimmed with grateful tears, “The doctor is like a god to us,” she said. Tauseef had been living with allergies and severe itching in his eye since his childhood in a small town in Uttar Pradesh, India. A permanent eye infection (Stevens Johnson Syndrome) had deprived him of the joys of life that children of his age are entitled to. Playing cricket was one of them. “I couldn’t see the ball while fielding,” he recalled. Limbal stem cell transplants in 2003 and 2005 at LVPEI did not help much. The Boston Keratoprosthesis, done in 2009 improved his eyesight considerably. He could see distant objects clearly. “I could read only one line on the vision chart, now I can read the whole chart,” he said. A vicious acid attack on the cheerful and bubbly Arpita Sikdar had condemned her to a life of darkness. Although the acid did not cause any serious injury to her face, she lost her eyesight. She lived with extremely poor vision for 18 months, unable to pursue her studies. Arpita and her parents made several visits to LVPEI from the state of West Bengal. The conventional corneal grafting and limbal stem cell transplant improved her vision but only temporarily. But the Boston Keratoprosthesis changed her life dramatically. Her joy knew no bounds when she regained her vision substantially after surgery. And Arpita’s parents are thrilled to see a smile on the face of their beloved daughter. In other areas of patient care, we continue to ensure that our consultants are abreast of the latest techniques and continually acquire new equipment that keeps our clinics state of the art. Our retinopathy of prematurity program, which has made a significant impact on the level of awareness among neonatologists and gynaecologists, has led to a marked decrease in babies requiring surgery. This is certainly one area where good work has meant less work for us—and better vision for patients! Excellence Equity Efficiency Page 14 Inside_Pgs.indd 14 8/30/2010 4:35:01 PM
REHABILITATION Where hope rests Medicine is a limited and inexact science, and one of the occasional frustrations that a medical professional must face is the fact that his or her knowledge and expertise cannot make things better for a patient. But at LVPEI’s Vision Rehabilitation Centres, technology, counselling and life skills training come together to help patients manage their visual impairment. Apart from direct service provision in the form of assessing the level of impairment to providing the brass tacks necessary to live an independent and productive life, the Centres liaise with the government for the necessary certifications, advocate for the rights of people with visual impairment, and conduct research into the scientific and social aspects of vision rehabilitation. This year saw the return of one of the team members to the Centre having completed an advanced research degree in low vision, making LVPEI one of the few institutes in the country with the capacity to train and mentor researchers in this area. The Rehabilitation Centres hosted their first international fellow, a trainee from Zambia. The volunteer network grew and gained momentum with a more The NTPC Centre for Sight Enhancement at Bhubaneswar Madhav Kumar plays the tabla at the Integrated Summer Camp systematized approach to using the energies and commitment of the people involved. These stories give you a glimpse into the work across our centres and in the field. Centres for sight enhancement (low vision rehabilitation) Sight Enhancement New client visits Follow-up client visits Total Low vision devices prescribed Meera & L B Deshpande Centre, Hyderabad 2133 1441 3574 2145 NTPC Centre, Bhubaneswar 204 14 218 175 Bob Ohlson Centre, Visakhapatnam 362 114 476 879 Total 2699 1569 4268 3187 Rehabilitation of the blind & visually impaired Rehabilitation Services Dr PRK Prasad Centre Hyderabad Bhubaneswar Visakhapatnam Total New client visits 2733 548 799 4080 Follow-up client visits 2802 250 241 3293 Some clients were prescribed more than one device and trained in multiple living skills Excellence Equity Efficiency Page 15 Inside_Pgs.indd 15 8/30/2010 4:35:02 PM
Page 1 and 2: Glimpses, 2009 - 2010 A brief activ
Page 3 and 4: Competence and Compassion Matching
Page 5 and 6: L V Prasad Eye Institute Education
Page 7 and 8: ... and the Network grows In operat
Page 9 and 10: A snapshot of the key guests on the
Page 11 and 12: Honor roll, 2009-10 Mohd Javed Ali,
Page 13 and 14: Visakhapatnam also inaugurated a 24
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Page 21 and 22: Give the Gift of Sight RIEB observe
Page 23 and 24: COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH Reaching out
Page 25 and 26: Sharing the benefits Anjaneyulu, a
Page 27 and 28: By October 2009, the Vision Centre
Page 29 and 30: EDUCATION Sharpening the edge of ex
Page 31 and 32: Extending the frontiers of cornea s
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Page 35 and 36: THE PROF BRIEN HOLDEN EYE RESEARCH
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Page 39 and 40: the Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (HSV), V
Page 41 and 42: Basic Research Projects Name of the
Page 43 and 44: Publications 1. Agarwal RV, Murthy
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Page 49 and 50: Founders Mr L V Prasad, India Mrs P
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