Sightsavers-NBJK Launch Inclusive Eye Health program
16 June 2022, Hazaribagh: In collaboration with Sightsavers, NBJK launched Inclusive Eye Health program and an Eye Screening Camp held on this occasion at Hotel Snow Valley. Mr. Sudipto Mohanti (Regional Director, Sightsavers) was chief guest of this event. Also Dr. Shankar Chaudhary (DBCS, Hazaribagh), Mrs. Rekha Rani (CDPO, Sadar Block), Mr. Saurabh Kumar (District Manager, JSLPS), Dr. Jitendra Kumar (SPM, Sightsavers), Dr. Umesh Kumar (Ophthalmologist, Sadar Hospital, Hazaribagh), Mr. Satyjit Singh (DPO, Sightsavers), Ms. Anandita (JSLPS, Hazaribagh) and Mr. [...]
Health Checkup Camps by NBJK
10 June 2022, Hazaribagh: NBJK organizes health checkup camps at remote villages in Barkagaon and Keredari blocks of Hazaribagh district. Anyone can get doctor’s consultation, diagnostic tests, medicines etc for diabetes, blood pressure, cold-cough, fever, other common & eye related diseases by submitting a registration charge of Rs. 10 only. There is no charge for registration of Cataract patients and their surgery is being done free of cost at the organization run LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh). Association for [...]
Around 25% – 30% Deoghar Urban Children Found with Refractive Errors
07 June 2022, Deoghar: Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation supported and NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital is organizing Free Eye Screening Camps amid schools and found that about 25% - 30% school children are suffering from refractive errors. This is quite alarming and a matter of concern for our policy makers. Mr. Sudarshan Pandey (VRBEH, Deoghar) said that we have screened about 400 school children at various schools at Deoghar and more than one fourth of them are in need [...]
Ophthalmologist Removes a Piece of Needle from Eye of Retina Patient
01 June 2022, Bahera Ashram (Chauparan, Hazaribagh): During a retina surgery held on 31 May 2022 at NBJK run LokNayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh), about 8 mm long piece of tailoring needle has been removed from left eye of a patient. He is Md. Gufran, son of Sattar Miyan, Nawadih (Gaya) and that metal piece was staying in his eye since last four years. When asked about beginning of the problem, Md. Gufran told that he is a [...]
Community Awareness and Household Eye Screening at Remote Villages
28 May 2022, Giridih-Deoghar: Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation supported & NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Eye Hospital, Deoghar is putting hard effort to access people suffering from eye diseases for their treatment. On 23 May 2022 at Sarath CHC, it provided orientation training for 32 Sahiya (ASHA) Didis over commonly found eye diseases and their preventive as well as curative measures. Through Vision Centres of Giridih & Bengabad, VREH has mobilized community awareness and household screening at villages like Ghutiya, Chuchundro, Madhwadih, [...]
Netra Vasant Organizes Eye Screening Camp
24 May 2022, Bedokala (Barkattha), Hazaribagh: Under Netra Vasant – Rural Eye Health program, eye screening camp held at Bedokala Panchayat Bhawan in Barkattha block of Hazaribagh district. Total 93 women-men from Bedokala and other nearby villages have gone through their eye checkup and 21 were identified with Cataract. 09 persons have been detected with other eye diseases and got medical consultation. All Cataract ridden patients will get free of cost surgery facility at NBJK run LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera [...]