EYE-CARE CAMPS
Purpose of EyeCare Camps
Our prime purpose of conducting eye camps is to provide high volume, high quality and low cost eye care service to the families and population of the target area, through mobile camp approach that are accessible, affordable and appropriate at both rural as well as metro areas to make everyone remember to care for their important sense of vision.
Objective of EyeCare Camps
Eye camp plays a vital role in reaching the untreated poor blind people in rural areas. Our main objective of the camp is to create awareness among the people which leads an intervention to clear the backlog of avoidable blindness.
To identify people with cataract and make available for surgical treatment for sight restoration
To screen people for refractive error problems
To screen for other major causes of vision impairment and to provide treatment for minor ailments or to refer base hospital for further management
To make Eye care community oriented
School EyeCare Camps
Uncorrected refractive errors are an important cause of impairment of vision. It is estimated that 36% of the children will have high refractive error in India. Screening school children, identifying visually defective children and providing treatment are not only simple method of intervention and highly cost effective but also most rewarding one.
Presently about 50,000 students are screened annually and in future JEH aims to increase it to 1 million through a network approach.Schools within our target area are routinely screened and students identified with refractive errors are provided spectacles at a subsidized cost.
Free Charitable EyeCare Camps
Comprehensive Eye Camps
Comprehensive camps are designed to screen for all kinds of common eye problems, with focusing exclusively on cataracts.. Minor eye ailments and refractive errors are treated at the camp site with medication or eyeglasses. Patients identified with cataract and any other speciality conditions are referred to the base hospital.
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Camps
Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the small blood vessels in the retina caused by complications of diabetes. With the rise in Diabetes, this is becoming a major cause of vision loss across the world. DR screening camps specialise exclusively in the diagnosis and treatment of this irreversible disease.
Diabetic retinopathy is damage to the small blood vessels in the retina (the thin light-sensitive membrane that covers the inside of the eye) caused by complications of diabetes (high blood glucose levels in people with poorly controlled diabetes). With the rise in Diabetes, this is becoming a major cause of vision loss across the world. DR screening camps specialise exclusively in the diagnosis and treatment of this irreversible disease.