Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute

A snapshot of the key guests on the dais
Primary eye care for all
Standard Chartered Bank’s ‘Seeing is Believing’ program,
working with the International Agency for Prevention of
Blindness (IAPB), will set up 40 Vision Centres to provide
primary eye care in rural areas with technical support from
LVPEI. Aravind Eye Care System (Madurai), Venu Charitable
Society (Delhi), Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital (Delhi)
and Shri Sadguru Seva Sangh Trust (Chitrakoot) will each
develop 10 VCs. The India Consortium launch of the
program, in New Delhi on April 8, 2009, was attended by
former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Mr Jaspal
Bindra (CEO Asia, Standard Chartered Bank), Mr Benedict
Cheong (CEO, Temasek Foundation) and Dr Taraprasad
Das (Director, LVPEI, Bhubaneswar). LVPEI is coordinating
the development and monitoring of the VCs.
Bhubaneswar campus launches 2 new services
On July 3, 2009, LVPEI Bhubaneswar celebrated its 3 rd anniversary, logging in 126,000 outpatient visits
and performing 12,000 surgeries till date. Of these, 35% outpatient visits and 40% surgeries were free
of cost. Two new services were launched on the occasion. The Miriam Hyman Children’s Eye Care
Centre added a pediatric eye cancer unit, which will adopt a multimodal approach to treat eye cancer
in children aiming at early detection that would enable doctors to save both the eye and the life of a
child. The facility will also strengthen the partnership with the Miriam Hyman Memorial Trust of UK,
which helped set up the centre at LVPEI.
A Learning Centre was inaugurated which would focus on skill enhancement for postgraduate medical
students and young ophthalmologists to, ultimately, develop into a leading learning center in India and
the Asia-Pacific region, providing education in key areas of eye and vision sciences.
Anniversary celebrations of GMR Varalakshmi campus
LVPEI’s GMR Varalakshmi campus in Visakhapatnam turned 3 on July 7, 2009 with Chair, LVPEI group,
Dr Gullapalli N Rao and Associate Director, Laboratory Services (LVPEI network) Dr Savitri Sharma
joining in the celebrations. In line with our continuing efforts to improve patient care and education,
three new ventures were started: Microbiology services, a 24-hour trauma and emergency room and
the LVPEI – Alcon Surgical Education Centre.
Dr Taraprasad Das (right) showing guests around
the Learning Centre at Bhubaneswar
Dr Vaibhev Mittal and Dr Thu Pham
practising in the new Wet Lab at Visakhapatnam
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