Activities at a Glance
80% of total camps organized by Project Drishti in Rural Areas.

1900 plus free eye camps organized to screen patients

130 plus mega eye camps organized with more than 1,000 patients screened at the camps.

25,000 plus patients operated with IOL implantation free of cost at various places across India .

Successfully conducted training for 250 teachers drawn from as many as 238 schools in Kanakapura taluk to help identify eye ailments amongst school children.

Established satellite centres at Jain Vidya Niketan, Jakkasandra Post for screening patients. Eye camps are held every Wednesday.

Patients provided medicines and spectacles free of cost.

Identifification of cataract patients for surgeries at base hospital.

Sharing of knowledge with ophthalmologist through training in small incision cataract surgery and phaco-emulsification techniques. More than 200 ophthalmologists have undertaken training including those from Germany,UK,US,Egypt.Iraq,Switzerland etc and of course all over India. .

Advanced facilities for treatment of blindness due to diabetes, hypertension, corneal blindness, childhood blindness, trauma, glaucoma and corneal nervous system disorders.

1.5 lakh plus children screened under the school screening project free of cost.

Successfully achieved Cataract Backlog Zone in Gouribidnur and Kanakapura taluks.

New areas identified as Cataract Backlog Zones.

State-of-the-art facilities procured from the USA , UK , Germany , Italy and Japan .  

Casestudies
Cataract is the highest cause for blindness across the world. About 62% of the total blindness is caused by uncorrected cataract. In addition to poverty and illiteracy, lack of awareness has resulted in large sections of the rural populace being afflicted with needless blindness.