3. “Is there anything
worse than being
blind? Yes, a man
with sight but no
vision’’
- Helen Keller
OUR MISSION : VISION FOR ALL
4. SSLN proudly shares its experience
of
"Expanding the Community Outreach
activities throughout Bihar and providing its
‘Quality Eye Care Service’ to the poor &
needy people since 12th Dec, 2007"
5. Sri Sai Lions Netralaya
(A Brief Introduction)
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It started with a 10 bedded Eye Hospital and Serving people
continuously & tirelessly since 12th December 2004.
In December 2007, it became a 25 bedded Eye Hospital with modern
diagnostic and surgical equipments.
On 10th December 2011, it again expanded and became a 70 bedded
multi-facility Eye Hospital with modern diagnostic and surgical
equipments.
On December 2012, it developed and became a 100 bedded multifacility Eye Hospital with many specialized services and advanced
diagnostic equipments.
It provides Outdoor and Indoor facilities of Eye Check-up, IOL and
Glaucoma surgeries to the poor and needy patients free of cost
throughout the year.
Its Outreach Programme provides comprehensive Eye Care
Services, in the Rural and underserved areas.
It also runs fifteen Vision Centers to provide Eye Care Services at the
doorsteps of suffering humanity with the latest technological
advances in Ophthalmology.
6. FACILITIES AND SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS
The 100 bed 'Sri Sai Lions Netralaya’ provides
following services and facilities:
Well Equipped OPD
Routine Vision Check-up
Refraction
Contact Lens Clinic
Diabetes Clinic
Computerized Eye Testing
Slit Lamp Examination
Glaucoma Clinic
Cornea Clinic
Squint Clinic
7. FACILITIES AND SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS
Diagnostic Facilities
Visual Field Analyzer (HFA)
Non Contact Tonometer (NCT)
Pachymeter
Biometry (A-scan)
ND-YAG Laser
Direct & Indirect
Ophthalmoscope
Pathology
Synotophore
8. FACILITIES AND SERVICES HIGHLIGHTS
Surgical Facilities
Micro Surgery with
Foldable Lens (MICS)
Phaco Emulsification
Surgery with Foldable
Lens
Small Incision Cataract
Surgery (IOL)
Squint Surgery
Oculoplastic Surgery
Glaucoma (TRAB)
Surgery
DCR/DCT
Pterygium (Auto grafting)
9. Our Outreach Programmes
Free Outreach Screening Camps
Vision Centers
Community Eye Care Centre
Students' Vision Screening (Sight for Kids)
Programme
Industrial Eye Screening Programme
10. Free Outreach Screening Camps
(The Main Tool of Mobilizing Growth)
Through the Outreach Team, “Sri Sai Lions Netralaya” serves the rural
community by providing eye care-service at the doorstep of the poor and
needy. During the diagnostic camps, patients are examined with
medication and those needed surgery are brought to the Hospital for
required surgical. The Outreach Programme has also helped the
community by promoting awareness about Eye Care.
14. Outreach Camp Team Details Structure
Outreach Team
Outreach Team
Manager
Manager
Team
Team
Coordinator
Coordinator
Team 11
Team
Team 22
Team
T1
T1
T2
T2
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Total Dedicated
Total Dedicated
Outreach Camp Team
Outreach Camp Team
staffs = 27
staffs = 27
Team 55
Team
T5
T5
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Ophthalmic Asst. (1)
Team In-charge (1)
Counselor (1)
Supportive Staffs (2)
15. Our Outreach Achievements
The Details of the Magnitude of Free Outreach Screening Camps
are given below:No. of Camps
No. of
Outpatients
No. of patients
referred to
Base Hospital
Actual no.
reported to
Base Hospital
2008-09
310
49324
4006
1865
2009-10
501
54267
7168
3772
2010-11
569
70145
12861
7425
2011-12
667
90892
20734
14854
2012-13
595
80118
23777
15297
G. Total
2642
344746
68546
43213
Year
16. Our Vision Centers
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Predicated on the need to make Primary Eye Care Services easily available
to the rural communities where the need is utmost, Sri Sai Lions Netralaya
gets on the concept of VISION CENTRES. Vision Centres, in concurrence
with the Vision 2020 Action Plan, are Primary Eye-Care Rural Service
Centres with the basic objective of making Primary Eye Care Services
available to the people of rural and underserved area of Bihar.
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At present, SSLN has 15 Vision
Centres in different parts of Bihar;
viz. Fatuha, Bakhtiyarpur, Barh,
Mokama, Paliganj, Dhanarua, Ara,
Barahiya, Rajon, Barahat, Bounsi,
Banka, Koteshwarnath, Jandaha
and Buxer. These Centres provide
low cost primary eye care services
including refractive error detection
and correction.
19. Vision Centre Cont….
Our Tele-Ophthalmology System started at Chand Sarai, Jandaha
Objective: primary eye care in rural
area
Exploiting IT for rural eye
care service delivery
Tele-consultation :
Vision centre technician
with ophthalmologist
Available on permanent
basis
Refraction and school
screening
Community participation
20. Community Eye Care Centre
Community Eye Care Centre in the remotest area is being run by Rural
Medical Practitioner operating in the Informal Health System. After
getting 15 days training by our experienced Medical Team: they are
duly Certified by the Consultant Ophthalmologist of Sri Sai Lions
Netralaya at its Base Hospital. Thus these Medical Practitioner
operating in the informal Health System are being trained and skilled to
become our Partner into the formal eye care system; which will felicitate
the sustainability as well as incorporate new actors in order to expand
the reach and improve the quality of Eye Care Delivery in the remotest
and underserved population.
21. Community Eye Care Services
Service Provided
Vision Screening
Basic Eye Care services
Cataract screening
Basic Glaucoma
Screening
BP & Sugar Check-up
22. 'SIGHT FOR KIDS'
• It has been observed that diseases like Amblyopia, Vitamin-A
deficiency etc. may easily be treated during childhood, but if go
undetected, may lead to partial or complete blindness. By an early
detection of various such prob-lems/diseases, we may be able to help
a large number of children.
• Keeping this in mind, SSLN is running 'SIGHT FOR KIDS' Eye Care
Programme for children. This ambitious programme is sponsored by
Lions Clubs International in collaboration with Jhonson & Jhonson
Vision Care. The programme covers children of 5 to 15 years. These
children are screened in their schools and treated for eye problems.
The programme has been going in and around Patna since last one
year very successfully. It includes:
• (i) Distant and near vision check-up.
• (ii) Free distribution of spectacles with Carl-Zeiss CR-39 plastic lenses.
25. Industry Eye Screening Programme
Through the dedicated Outreach Team for industry camp, “Sri
Sai Lions Netralaya” serves the corporate community by
providing eye care-service at their working place. During the
diagnostic camps, patients are examined with medication and
those needed surgery are brought to the Hospital for required
surgical procedures. The Industry Eye Screening Programme
has also helped the corporate community by promoting
awareness about Eye Care.
26. Industry Eye Screening Services
Service Provided
Vision Screening
Refraction
Color Blindness
Cataract screening
Glaucoma Screening
Hypertensive & Diabetic
Retinopathy check-up
27. OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
By the herculean efforts of the Team of above mentioned 5 Community Outreach
Development Programmes “Sri Sai Lions Netralaya” has achieved the extra ordinary
mile stones, as given below :Free/Subsidized
Year
OPD
Paying
Indoor
OPD
Total
Surgery
Indoor
New
Review
IOL*
Others
New
Review
IOL*
Others
2008-09
4755
3138
1865
25
3987
1037
2229
37
4156
2009-10
6856
4525
3660
54
4626
1203
3353
52
7119
2010-11
14035
9263
7210
108
8780
2282
2376
36
9730
2011-12
16418
12492
14774
126
9000
6214
3045
320
18265
2012-13
15312
11563
16546
269
8476
5807
2866
168
19849
*IOL includes ECCE/IOL, SICS, Phaco
Grand Total
59119
28. THE ROAD AHEAD
• To strengthen the Outreach Program and to
increase the intake of cataract surgeries, we are
focusing on reaching more old age persons as
well as women and children.
• To strengthen the Hospital by developing and
implementing the medical audit system and
other evaluating strategies to deliver Quality Eye
Care.
• Addition of a modern 'Diabetic Retinopathy
Clinic' and a 'Low Vision Service Wing'.
29. The Road Ahead Cont….
Development of ‘Mobile Ophthalmic Unit’ which’s
purpose is to make available medical eye treatments to the
public in far and remote places where such facilities are
few or non-existent.
30. How SSLN makes a difference in Bihar
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It provides free and low cost quality treatment to thousands of needy
patients of Bihar.
Facilities like free pick-up and drop services encourages the poor
and needy patients of remote and rural areas to come to the
Hospital for necessary eye treatment.
Dormitory Facility - where attendants stay while their relatives are
being treated.
Apart from holding free Outreach Screening Camps, Hospital also
provides free IOL cataract surgery, accommodation, food, medicines
and quality optics to the poor and needy patients throughout the
year.
Our Vision Centers also play an important role to fulfill this goal.
These centers identify and screen needy pa-tients from different
corners of the State. These centers are serving a large number of
eye patients. Presently 15 Vision Centers are functional. We hope to
open another 20 in 2013.
Above all, SSLN is bound to raise the standard of Eye Care in Bihar.
The people of State would not have to travel long distances to
outside the state for reliable treatment, as they will have state-ofthe-art facilities provided by expert ophthalmic consultants and
specialist surgeons here in Patna itself.
31. Our Mission : “Vision fo All”
Community Outreach Development Program Team
of “Sri Sai Lions Netralaya” is committed towards
its mission to prevent blindness, restore eyesight,
promote eye health and aims to provide low-cost
affordable access to high quality eye care services
for all, especialy for those living in poverty.
