Help the faster recovery of cataract surgery patients

Impact

Sankara Eye Hospital conducts a free eye screening camp at Pattabiram. The patients were screened and 20 patients recommended for cataract surgery were referred to the hospital. Cataracts are completely treatable but if left untreated, the person becomes totally blind. But due to poverty, many patients live with blindness.The hospital along with free surgery provided nutritious food for the two days that they stay in the hospital. They are provided with three hygienic, nutritious and qualitative meals a day. The 20 patients were taken care with free medicines, accommodation, food & nursing care. They were discharged with good post-op vision and are dropped back home.The restoration of sight brought a huge change in their life and carry out their activities independently

About The Program

Sankara Eye Hospital conducts rural outreach eye screening camps through its ‘Kannoli-Vision Saver Project’ in the villages of Kanchipuram, Thiruvallur, and Chittoor districts.The program covers free treatment, medicines, accommodation, food, nursing care as well as transport to and from their hometowns. Sankara Eye Hospital performs up to 50 free surgeries a day. Nutritious and qualitative food is very important for quick recovery of the patients. The hospital offers unlimited quantities of three meals and healthy beverages for the patients every day for the two days of stay. Special care is taken for diabetic patients.The attendants that accompany the patients are also provided with free food while caring for them. When you donate to this program, you sponsor the food for the two days of hospitalization for ten patients and help with their recovery.

About The NGO

Sankara Eye Hospital is an ISO 9001 certified, state of the art multi-specialty eye hospital located at Pammal, a well-developed suburb of Chennai City.This hospital has been functioning as an exclusive eye care center with a singular vision of providing high-quality care to all segments of society, rich or poor. The Hospital offers nine specialty services (Cataract, Refractive, Cornea, Glaucoma, Retina, Orbit & Oculoplasty, Uvea, Neuro-Ophthal, Pediatric Ophthal) and support services like Contact Lens, Prosthetic eye, and Low Vision Clinic.This hospital runs a charitable eye care program for the poor under the name 'Kannoli Vision Saver' project. State-of-the-art outpatient facilities exist for examination of all eye disorders and a team of highly skilled Optometry technicians and Ophthalmologists provide personalized and professionally competent care. The three-storied hospital has 140 beds, 20 independent bath-attached rooms, and a modern hygienic kitchen to cater nutritious food for the patients.The hospital has four sophisticated and fully equipped operation theaters and a team of very highly committed and talented staff apart from 12 senior eye surgeons. The hospital currently carries out an average of 60 surgeries every day and has performed over 250,000 vision-restoring surgeries till now.