Cataract blindness prevention
National Programme For Control of Blindness. We perform 2000+ free cataract operations annually and screen thousands of villagers.
Global Hospital Institute of Ophthalmology and Shri Adinath Fateh Global Eye Hospital partner the central government to implement the National Programme for Control of Blindness, a Government of India initiative to eradicate preventable blindness.
Why is this project relevant?
It provides eye checks and free surgical intervention to people living in remote, medically underserved areas of Rajasthan, to ensure that they do not lose their sight.
Since when is the project active?
1997
Beneficiaries (FY 2023-24)
2,197 cataract surgeries at the Global Hospital Institute of Ophthalmology, Abu Road, and the Shri Adinath Fateh Global Eye Hospital, Jalore. These included walk-ins and cases identified from 19,560 patients who presented themselves at 131 screening programmes.
Recent sponsors
Government of India (partial cost); Jiv Daya Foundation; Operation Eyesight Canada; Seva Foundation; Sightsavers (Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind)
