School Eye Screening Camp by Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital
22 May 2022, Deoghar: NBJK run Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hopital, Deoghar has organized school eye screening camp at Deoghar Public School, Kunda. This ensured eye checkup for 234 students and identified 29 among them with Cataract. They have been referred to the base hospital for surgery. With support of Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation, VRBEH was launched on 10 October 2021 as 4th unit of LNJP Eye Hospital after Hazaribagh, Dumka and Gaya. Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hopital is performing well [...]
Eye Screening Camp held at Chalkusha
19 May 2022, Chalkusha (Hazaribagh): Under Netra Vasant-Rural Eye Health program by Sightsavers in collaboration with NPCB, JSLPS & NBJK, Eye Screening Camp has been organized by LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh) at Chalkusha panchayat bhawan. It listed total 74 OPD, out of which 09 patients were PwDs also. 03 such physically challenged persons have received spectacles due to refractive errors while Cataract was detected with 16 eye patients. They will get free of cost surgery at LNJPEH. Mr. [...]
Skill Development Training to Visually Impaired Children on Braille & ICT
02 May 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): Under Inclusive Education Project of Sightsavers and with support of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, Skill Development Training upon Braille & Information-Communication-Technology for visually impaired children is going on at NBJK co-ordination office campus. These children are students of Government schools from different blocks of Hazaribagh district. The training started on 19th April and children learn life skills, Braille script and different ICT devices like daisy player, mobile phone, laptop etc to make their academic performance [...]
Vision Centre Inaugurated at Charhi Primary Health Centre
28 April 2022, Charhi (Hazaribagh): A new Vision Centre has been initiated at Primary Health Centre, Charhi in Churchu block of Hazaribagh district with support of Hazaribagh District Hospital, Sightsavers and NBJK under Rural Eye Health Programme-Netra Vasant by Sightsavers & NBJK. Dr. (Mrs.) Poonam Ekka (Block Medical Officer In-charge) inaugurated the Vision Centre and mentioned about its usefulness for resourceless eye patients from rural areas. She thanked Sightsavers-NBJK for this noble work, assured for all possible co-operation and said [...]
Eye Screening Camp & Free Cataract Surgeries by LNJP Eye Hospital, Kajha
17 April 2022, Gaya: NBJK run LokNayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital, Kajha (Wazirganj, Gaya) has organized eye screening camp at Shree Shiksha Niketan Kids Play School near Khatkachak turn, Naili road, Gaya. The teachers have greeted hospital staff with body clothing & flowers. The camp ensured about 100 OPD of school children, parents & others with eye checkup as well as medicines for free. Mr. Santosh Kumar (Office Manager, LNJPEH Kajha) informed that around one dozen persons have been detected with [...]
How I Came Back to Arena!
My name is Jitni Devi, husband-Dukhan Gope, village-Barmasia, block-Giridih, District-Giridih (Jarkhand). I am 73 years old and have four adult married sons. Since I belong to a farmer’s family, still I use to do a lot of household works along with agriculture, animal husbandry, milk vending and taking care of grandchildren etc. For last two years, I was suffering from eye problems. My vision started diminishing and affected my daily routine. Sometimes it became embarrassing for me as I couldn’t [...]