Eye Hospitals
- Fateh Bal Eye Hospital
Fateh Bal Eye Hospital (FBEH)
which is known as Mid-Western
Regional Eye Care Centre, is
managed and run by NNJS, Banke
district branch. It was established in
1987 and developed in cooperation with Swiss Red Cross and Lions
Club MD 102 Switzerland and
Liechtenstein.
FBEH is providing eye care services
mainly to the population of Banke,
Bardiya, Surkhet, Dolpa and
neighbouring districts of India in
collaboration with Prevention and
control of blindness, community
care and eye health promotion
programme of Nepal Red Cross
Society.
Outpatients
- Total Patients: 77219
- New Patients: 65270
- Follow Up Patients: 11949
- Indian Patients: 50%
- Nepalese Patients: 50%
Surgeries
- Cataract (adult): 8700
- Paediatric Cataract Surgeries: 71
- Trabeculectomy: 106
- Dacryocystecomy: 30
- Laser Procedures: 276
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- December 6 2011
Two separate Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were signed on December 5, 2011 by the Embassy of India, Kathmandu with Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS) for providing grant assistance of NRs. 4.42 crores to NNJS for eye care programme in various districts of Nepal during the year 2011-2012. The MOU will cover the cost of conducting over 15,000 cataract surgeries and also provide over 9,300 optical devices to vision impaired children through mobile screening camps to be held in various schools of Nepal as a ‘National Eye Sight Programme’. India will provide additional assistance of NRs. 0.18 crores for conducting 1000 Trachoma surgeries to the NNJS during the year 2011-2012.
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