Pediatric Ophthalmology
The pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus services are available in Mechi Eye Care Center-Birtamod, Sagarmatha Chaudhary Eye hospital-Lahan, Himalaya Eye Hospital-Pokhara and Shree Rana Ambika Shah Eye Hospital-Bhairahawa. The most common childhood eye diseases seen in these eye hospitals are refractive errors, strabismus, amblyopia, congenital cataract, congenital glaucoma, genetic eye diseases and other congenital and developmental ocular disorders in children.
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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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