LNJP Eye Hospital Organizes Awareness Training on World Optometry Day
Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh), 23 March 2023: On the occasion of World Optometry Day, Lok Nayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh), organized a one-day training program. The event was attended by ASHAs, students of LNJP Paramedical Institute, and hospital staff. The program was jointly inaugurated by ophthalmologists Dr. Alok, Dr. Vishakha Gupta, and Dr. Faizah, along with Mr. Santosh Kumar Puri, the hospital manager. During his address, Dr. Alok highlighted Glaucoma as a silent thief that can cause visual impairment [...]
Netra Vasant-Rural Eye Health Programme: Training on Eye Health
23 March 2023, Hazaribagh: Sightsavers, a global organization working towards the prevention and cure of blindness, has been supporting the Netra Vasant-Rural Eye Health Programme by NBJK. As a part of this programme, ASHAs and Anganwadi workers attended one-day training on eye health care at the NBJK Coordination Office. The training was focused on identifying eye diseases, preventive measures, and referral services. Cataract was a key point during the knowledge sharing session. Mr. Shankar Prasad, Retd. Eye Officer from Sadar [...]
Eye Screening Camps at Villages, Vision Restoration to Cataract Patients
16 March 2023, Giridih-Jamui-Deoghar: NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Eye Hospital, Deoghar has organized nine eye screening camps & follow up visits at Jaridih, Dhanotand, Beyadih, Palra, Balthar, Murkhari, Kawar, Jarwadih, Kanan villages of Birni, Jamua, Sono blocks of Giridih and Jamui districts. Apart from this, it’s Vision Centre with support of Sightsavers at Bengabad block in Giridih district does provide eye checkup facility to local patients. The outreach camps have ensured community awareness & household screening in rural pockets with [...]
Training on Eye Health Awareness for Community Health Workers
15 March 2023, Hazaribagh: Under joint auspices of Sightsavers supported Rural Eye Health Programme by NBJK and NCD Cell of Hazaribagh Sadar Hospital, one day training upon Eye Health Awareness was organized for community health workers, ANMs & ophthalmic assistants. The training held at ANMT Training Centre of Sadar Hospital and covered various topics like eyes’ anatomy, their caring, causes-symptoms-treatment of diseases like Cataract, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Pterygium etc and referral points like Sadar Hospital and NBJK run LNJP Eye [...]
Accessible Eye Healthcare Empowers Women
14 March 2023, Jhajha (Jamui, Bihar): Mrs. Pobiya Devi, a 68-year-old traditional delivery assistant/midwife from Dhamna village in Jamui, Bihar, was unable to earn a living due to her failing eyesight caused by cataracts. However, thanks to the support of NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital (VRBEH), Deoghar and SBI Foundation, Mrs. Devi's vision was restored, and she was able to resume her work as a midwife with renewed confidence and comfort. Mrs. Devi's income was dependent on her [...]
VRBEH-SBIF Make Geezerhood Easy
13 March 2023, Sono (Jamui): Mr. Bhuneshwar Majhi (70 years), father-late Giro Majhi, lives at village-Balthar, post-Sono and district-Jamui in Bihar. He is a landless tiller from SC community, does sharecropping upon 1.25 acre land and arranges food security for nearly six months. Also he works as an agriculture labourer to fulfill family requirements. With diminishing eyesight continuously, Bhuneshwar felt troubled. Since he needs to go to the fields regularly for agriculture related activities, one day he fell on ground [...]