Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute

NEWS IN BRIEF
Across the Network
By March 2010, six such Village Vision Complexes were put in place, two in Adilabad, three
in Prakasam and one in Mahaboobnagar district. In the next three years, we will have
another seven such complexes in place in Krishna, Khammam, Srikakulum, Vizianagaram,
Visakhapatnam and Nalgonda districts in Andhra Pradesh and Bellary district in Karnataka.
LVPEI’s third tertiary eye care facility, the Kode
Venkatadri Chowdary campus, is under development
at Tadigadapa, Vijayawada. Mr Kode Satyanarayana,
son of late Mr K Venkatadri Chowdary laid the
foundation stone on June 3, 2009, along with his
wife Mrs Satya Gnana Prasunamba (in picture
with Dr Gullapalli N Rao). Mr Satyanarayana, vice
president of Kode Venkatadri Charitable Society, is
chair of the Spectra group of industries. The facility
will provide comprehensive eye care services for a
population of 10 to 15 million, based on the same
principles of excellence, equity and efficiency that
characterize LVPEI. It will be a referral and eye
health resource center for secondary and primary
eye care providers in the districts of Krishna, West
Godavari, Prakasam and Guntur.
Mr K Satyanarayana and his wife with Dr Gullapalli N Rao
New Service Centre
A new secondary-level Service Centre in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh will take our presence
into the 17 th of 23 districts in the state. The Service Centre, entirely funded by Navabharat Ventures
Ltd., will help develop 10 Vision Centres around it over the next 2 years.
Into Karnataka
LVPEI has signed an MoU with a local philanthropist to develop a Village Vision Complex in Bellary,
Karnataka state. It will be a high-end secondary center providing comprehensive eye care, along with
a complement of 10 Vision Centres, with complete telecom and technology linkages.
6 New Vision Centres
Six new Vision Centres (VCs) were set up in Prakasam district, Andhra
Pradesh (August 22 to September 5, 2009). Fully equipped with the requisite
infrastructure and trained Vision Technicians, this brings the total number
of VCs to 63, of which 30 are supported by the Lavelle Fund for the Blind,
Inc., New York. Over 3 million people (an entire district) now have access
to comprehensive and high quality primary eye care through the 30 VCs
linked to three secondary care Service Centres for referrals. This is the first
comprehensive and largest eye care program providing primary and secondary
eye care covering the entire Prakasam district, thus adding a new dimension to
LVPEI’s community eye health program in the state. Most of the physical space
is provided by the local community, which is invaluable in terms of ensuring
financial viability and local ownership and creating a demand for services.
The newly opened Ulavapadu Vision Centre receives a tremendous response from the villagers
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