Education  India Project #21601

The VIIO Child Eye Care Project

by Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project

Project Report | Jun 2, 2016
Visual Rehabilitation

By DR.KRISHNA R MURTHY | PROJECT LEADER

LIKITHA (WEARING GLS) WITH HER FRIENDS AT SCHOOL
LIKITHA (WEARING GLS) WITH HER FRIENDS AT SCHOOL

Under our outreach activity Community based rehabilitation for visually impaired programme (CBR) in association with Operation Eyesight Universal & Givaudan India Pvt Ltd was started in an Urban Slum in Bangalore with specific objective of identifying persons with curable and incurable blindness, low vision and visual impairment & to provide need and age based rehabilitation services including developmental, educational, mobility, life skill, economic & social rehabilitation services. Under this programme 17686 children were screened in the field. 12 children were assessed for the level of low vision and were provided with suitable low vision aids followed by admission to integrated school. The above childrens' best corrected visual acuity was 6/18 or even less  & field of vision was less than10 degree. The main diagnosis of the above children for low vision was Congenital Glaucoma, Rod cone dystrophy, Total Retinal Detachment, Retinitis Pigmentosa & Congenital cataract.

SHASHANK (AGED 10 YRS) WITH HIS MOTHER
SHASHANK (AGED 10 YRS) WITH HIS MOTHER
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Mar 7, 2016
MISSION OF VISION

By DR.KRISHNA R MURTHY | MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Dec 2, 2015
The VIIO Child Eye Care Project Update

By Subbakrishna Rao | Project Leader

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Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka - India
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Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology
Krishna Murthy
Project Leader:
Krishna Murthy
Medical Director
Bangalore , Karnataka India

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