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Hyderabad, May 12, 2022:
L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) opens up a new Eye Care Centre named ‘Shirin, Etian & Tara Brown Eye Centre’ at its Gullapalli Pratibha Rao Campus in Kismatpur near Himayat Sagar. The centre was inaugurated by Hon’ble T Harish Rao, Minister of Finance, Health, Medical & Family Welfare, Government of Telangana on 12 May 2022. Along with the eye care centre, Harish Rao also inaugurated LVPEI’s ‘Mobile Advanced Eye Diagnostic Unit’ dedicated to the service of rural areas of Telangana State – a gift by Planjery Foundation, Hyderabad.
Shirin, Etian & Tara Brown Eye Centre
The ‘Shirin, Etian & Tara Brown Eye Centre’ is LVPEI’s Satellite Urban Tertiary Centre in Hyderabad. Major support for the centre has come from a philanthropic couple, Ms Soona and late Mr Edward Brown, hailing from the south of France and New Zealand.
Veni Rao Foundation Surgical Unit
The first floor of the centre has the state-of-the-art and comprehensive surgical facility supported by Veni Rao Foundation, Hyderabad – a philanthropic initiative by Mrs Ratna Reddy, Founder Trustee, Veni Rao Foundation and Founder, CHIREC International School.
The centre has also received support from Shodhana Laboratories (Dr Durgaiah Thota and family), HES Infra Pvt Ltd, Maanaveeya Development & Finance Pvt Ltd, Parasakti Cement from Hyderabad, and T Padmanabhan from Coimbatore.
Located on a lush green campus, the centre is served by a team of highly trained and specialized ophthalmologists, optometrists and eye care professionals of LVPEI. The centre offers all advanced eye care services including Comprehensive Eye Examination, Cataract, Cornea, Glaucoma, Vitreo Retinal Services, Refractive services, Diagnostics and Teleconsultation, and the surgical services include Cataract and Glaucoma surgeries along with retina injections. The Opticals outlet offers a wide range of lenses and frames, and also low vision assistive devices. Home care will be provided to people in and around the areas of Rajendra Nagar, Gachibowli and extending into the outskirts of the Vikarabad district. Services are provided free of cost to those in need, irrespective of the complexity of care needed.
Pashyantu – Mobile Advanced Eye Diagnostic Unit
Many eye disorders, particularly glaucoma (high pressure in the eye) and retina (diabetic retinopathy) need advanced diagnostic tests and treatment. People need to visit specialists several times a year and for several years. The cost-effective method of care is to deliver these services closer to the people. ‘Pashyantu’ is LVPEI’s mobile advanced eye diagnostic unit that brings high-end eye diagnostic equipment for testing complicated eye conditions into the purview of rural secondary centres.
‘Pashyantu’ launched in Telangana by L V Prasad Eye Institute is a generous gift by the Planjery Foundation, Hyderabad. The mobile van will visit LVPEI’s Secondary Eye Care Centres in the districts of Adilabad, Siddipet, Siricilla, Rangareddy, and Nagarkurnool periodically, making advanced eye diagnostic services accessible and affordable to the communities there right at their doorsteps. All economically underprivileged patients will receive the services free of cost.
“We extend our sincere thanks to Harish Rao garu for joining us as the Guest of Honour, and to all our donors. We are confident that people both in urban and rural communities in Hyderabad and the state of Telangana will greatly benefit from these advanced eye care services”, says, Dr Prashant Garg, Executive Chair, L V Prasad Eye Institute.
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