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