Service Area
2,50,000
A vision center is a permanent eye care facility in the community which acts as a first point of interface with the population with comprehensive eye care services provided by an exclusive skilled eye care worker. Optometrist operate the center, but ophthalmologist offer consultation to the Vision Center patients through tele-medicine.
The Vision Center project was the brainchild of Dr. M. Nivean, Academic Director of M.N. Eye Hospitals, who aims to reach the unreached by bringing quality and affordable Eye care to ALL.
He wanted to bridge the gap in the rural areas where all should be able to get Comprehensive Eye Care and to detect early preventable blindness like Refractory error , Cataract , Diabetic Retinopathy , Glaucoma and create an awareness in the community and provide the diagnosis through teleconsultation and bring them to the base hospital for the further treatment .
In collaboration with the Rotary Club (Dist 3232) , their MISSION and his VISION came together and made the DREAM a REALITY . It was an ambitious goal to have 24 vision centers in operation by 2023,in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur district. We provide services with 50% of charity, 30 % subsidy and 20 % payment
A vision center is a permanent eye care facility in the community which acts as bridge between the rural and urban population by providing comprehensive eye care services to all.
Vision Centers Can:
Team Rotary District 3232 and team MNEH join hands for this global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness and to provide quality and comprehensive eye care for all. The aim of the project is to provide primary eye care services to the urban, semi-urban and rural communities. This includes identification and treatment/referral of eye problems, increasing awareness of local population on different eye conditions.
It was an ambitious goal to have 24 vision centers in operation by 2023,in Chennai, Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur district. We provide services with 50% of charity, 30 % subsidy and 20 % payment
On analyzing the existing functioning of the vision center and to achieve the target, we are focusing on a unique approach which helps in smooth functioning of the project which includes:
Registration
Refraction
Vision screening
Teleconsultation
Treatment
2,50,000
Comprehensive Eye Examination
Slit lamp Examination
BP and Blood Sugar Examination
Opthalmologist Teleconsultation
Medicine Dispensing
Spectacle Dispensing
Referral to Base Hospital