Department of Ophthalmology

Overview

The department of ophthalmology is well equipped to provide facilities for the complete examination, diagnosis and treatment of common ocular ailments and ocular emergencies.

Services

• General ophthalmology
• Spectacle connection
• Cataract services including suture less cataract surgery
• Suture less cataract surgery
• Management of watering from eyes
• Glaucoma
• Cornea and external disease
• Management of red eye
• Ocular emergencies, ocular trauma and management of foreign bodies in the eyes.
• Screening for diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy.

Vision

• To provide quality eye care to all especially to the downtrodden people of the community who do not have accessibility to quality eye care at an affordable cost.

Facilities

• Autorefractometery
• Refractive Error Correction
• Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy
• Applanation tonometry
• Schiotz tonometry
• Gonioscopy
• Direct ophthalmoscopy
• Indirect ophthalmoscopy
• Ultrasonography
• Phacomulsification system (OERTLI)