Dec 11, 2024 09:05 PM IST
Director of RMLIMS, Dr CM Singh, additionally mentioned that he’s decided to increase the amenities within the ophthalmology division on the institute
Blindness is among the many commonest public well being considerations within the nation, mentioned medical doctors at a seminar on imaginative and prescient impairment, held at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) on Wednesday, as a part of CME (steady medical training) classes organised to watch Worldwide Day of Individuals with Disabilities.
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On the occasion, Dr Shikha Agarwal from the division knowledgeable, “India is home to more than 137 million people who have near vision loss and 79 million who suffer from impairment.” She additional mentioned, “Low vision is when a person’s eyesight cannot be corrected with standard refractive correction, and it can develop at any age.”
Chief visitor on the occasion, Director of RMLIMS, Dr CM Singh, additionally mentioned that he’s decided to increase the amenities within the ophthalmology division on the institute, “so that more people can get the benefits of the latest technology,” he mentioned. Talking of the significance of early detection in his tackle, he mentioned, “That way preventable blindness can be avoided.”
Medical doctors current on the occasion additionally knowledgeable of the completely different eye defects that have an effect on youngsters and adults. Amongst adults, the most typical causes of low imaginative and prescient are glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, and amongst youngsters, the causes are cortical imaginative and prescient impairment, amblyopia, retinopathy of prematurity and inherited retinal problems.
A day prior, the ENT division had additionally held an analogous seminar on listening to loss at an city well being centre in Lucknow, in affiliation with the Cochlear Implant Group of India. On the occasion, MBBS college students of RML additionally carried out a road play, portraying the plight of listening to impaired individuals in society.
Ashish Chandra Agarwal, extra professor and Head of ENT division, emphasised on the completely different causes of listening to loss and the hardships confronted by a hearing-impaired particular person.