Community Eye Care Services

Adhering to its mission of serving the un reached Alakh Nayan Mandir has been performing community outreach activities. It has now established linkages with various organizations at National and International levels. Majority of the above mentioned community activities are sustained by the revenue that is generated out of the savings from paying patients. District Blindness Control Society and local national and international NGOs. Urban areas: To name a few, local Organizations like Mahaveer International, Employee Contributory Health Scheme Polyclinic, Water shed Development Project, Lions Club have been associated with Alakh Nayan Mandir for part contribution in eye screening programs. All these organizations are city based and contribute to provide services to widows, army personnel, their families and employees of their own organizations. Rural areas: In rural areas services are provided through mobile units. Patients are screened at the village itself and then they are referred to the base hospital for detailed examination and surgery, if required their transport to and from the hospital, loading as well as boarding are managed and funded by the hospital itself. We have three well equipped unites for the screening and refraction of patients during outreach programs. Auto refractometer, Refraction sets are an integral part of these units. During the camps, patients are also educated towards their eye health through IEC materials.

1. Adult Comprehensive Eye Care

Adult Comprehensive Eye care services are provided through mobile units in rural areas. Patients are screened at the village itself and then they are referred to the base hospital for detailed examination and surgery, if required their transport to and from the hospital, loading as well as boarding are managed and funded by the hospital itself.

Camps Conducted in Tribal Rajasthan
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Patients Screened in Camps
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Patients Referred and Operated Camps
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Covering an area over 47396 square kms
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Diagnostic investigations being done at a camp

Partnership with VISION 2020: Dr. Laxmi Jhala with Hema Malini, Brand Ambassador of VISION 2020.

2. Child Eye Care

The institute has also successfully ventured into Pediatric Eye Care, by foresightedly shifting its focus from general eye care adults to children ranging from the newborns to boys and girls in their mid – teens. Over the recent years, we have screened no of less than 1, 50,000 children, out of which a good number have been from rural masses. Child eye care Program weeds out the blind or semi-blind, at the inception of this malady and ensures their early treatment, particularly amongst the rural folks.

School screening programs
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Children screened in child eye care programme
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3. Door To Door Services

Individual counseling is done at doorstep so that maximum patients can benefit. This also involves understanding other problem. Our community programs include door-to-door screening programs

4. Vision Centers

Individual counseling is done at doorstep so that maximum patients can benefit. This also involves understanding other problem. Our community programs include door-to-door screening programs

Giving 'Joy of sight' to bring 'Sight of smiles'

In its endeavor to reach each and every individual of Rural Southern Rajasthan, the institute has been conducting outreach activities throughout entire Udaipur Division covering 6 districts : Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittaurgarh, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh and parts of adjoining Ajmer Division. Our outreach activities include school screening programs, door to door surveys, camps for paediatric to geriatric (old age) groups, eye donation awareness campaigns. Giving ‘Joy of sight’ to bring ‘Sight of smiles’ Our major partners are LIONS clubs working in this region, Rotary Heritage Club-Udaipur and other NGOs including Mahaveer International, Swami Vivekanand Seva Nyas, Seva Mandir, Bhoruka Trust. Above all these, true pillars of our outreach ventures are the local village level volunteers and field workers, drivers etc. who work day and night to reach the farthest region and make eye care to available to the people of this region.

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