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Eye Bank and Ocularistry in Vijayawada
Tej Kohli Eye Bank at Vijayawada, the fourth in LVPEIs network of eye banks across its tertiary campuses, moved into a new facility with stateoftheart laboratory with the aim of increasing eye donations in Andhra Pradesh and make the region cornealblindness free All the core functions such as procurement, evaluation and distribution of corneas to all surgeons in the State are performed at th
Tej Kohli Eye Bank at Vijayawada, the fourth in LVPEI’s network of eye banks across its tertiary campuses, moved into a new facility with state-of-the-art laboratory with the aim of increasing eye donations in Andhra Pradesh and make the region corneal-blindness free. All the core functions such as procurement, evaluation and distribution of corneas to all surgeons in the State are performed at this bank. As on date it has collected 1,053 corneas.
The Centre for Ocularistry Services is the first of its kind, fully equipped Ocular prosthetic clinic in Andhra Pradesh with a full-time Ocularist specially trained in making customised ocular prosthesis. Ocular prosthesis is an artificial eye that is implanted in patients who have lost their eye due to various causes such as trauma, surgery, cancer, or in patients with shrunken, damaged eyes, congenital absence by birth or abnormally small eyes with no visual potential. Cosmetic rehabilitation for these patients through the implantation of ocular prosthesis helps in restoring the patients’ confidence by improving their external appearance.
A electrophysiology laboratory for electro-physiological tests of eye like visual evoked potential, electro-retinogram, electro-oculogram, dark adaptation, multifocal electro-retinogram, is a recent addition to the institute. In many diseases eye's electrical activity changes, sophisticated machines in the labarotory are very sensitive to pick up subtle changes early in the disease before its manifesations of different signs and symptoms. This is another value addition to the institute.
The Kode Venkatadri Chowdary (KVC) Campus in Vijayawada, established in February 2011, is LVPEI’s third tertiary eye care centre. Last year, 94,949 out-patients were examined and 13,719 surgeries performed at the centre. of them 37 per cent patients were examined and 58 per cent surgeries performed free of cost.
In order to make the surgical services more efficient and effective, the operating room complex at the campus has been upgraded with additional infrastructure and advanced equipment with funds received from Laurus Labs, a leading pharmaceutical company in the country.
These new initiatives and infrastructural upgradation will help the institute cater to more people in need of eye care in Andhra Pradesh and in the neighbouring regions.
