:: Mobile Eye Service - Spreading the Light Of Vision among Rural Folks  ::

Following the footsteps of our Founder Dame Dr. Edith Mary Brown, in the late fifties Dr. Victor C. Rambo, Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmology, established the Mobile Eye Service of CMCH, Ludhiana reaching the needy in rural areas of Punjab and in its adjoining states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and sometimes the inhabitants of Rajasthan Desert. Its aims are SERVICE, REHABILITATION & RESEARCH from the very beginning, i.e. Location and classification of persons with visual problems in the rural areas, collection of statistical data on causes and extent of visual impairment, screening of village school students for visual problems, treatment of eye diseases and surgery for the curable blind, public education for prevention of blindness etc. Nearly all Ophthalmic Surgical Procedures are being performed in the mobile eye hospital. The Mobile Eye Service maintains its standard not only in its service but also in equipment and instrument. A portable electricity generator takes care of power failure. We lay emphasis on the FOLLOW UP programmes for the operated patients that are carried out six to eight weeks following surgery. Every year approx, 25 eye camps are held and 2000 are treated for cataract of whom 40-50% receive intra-ocular lens implants. The Mobile Eye Service of CMCH is meeting the challenge of restoring vision and preventing blindness through its outreach programme in the rural areas, where 80% of our population lives.