Sponsor Name: Mr.E.G.P HARAN
Date of the camp: 08/2/2012
Camp place: Muttukadu
District: Chennai

Workflow at the camp spot:

01. Patient Registration
02. Auto refraction
03. Slit Lamp Examination
04. Fundus examination
05. Clinical Examination by Optoms
06. Teleconsultation
07. Counseling

Overview of camp statistics:

Total number of people who underwent testing: 126
Male: 75
Female: 51
Total number of glass prescription advised: 22
Teleconsultation Done: 06
Total number of cataract patient identified: 01

Clinical findings:

Refractive errors: 22
Single: 12
Bifocal: 10
Retina: 10
Diabetic Retinopathy: 04
Cornea: 01
Oculoplasty: 02
Glaucoma: 01
Cataract: 01

Dr. Sheila John
HOD – Teleophthalmology Department

1. SPECTACLES FOR POOR PATIENTS

The teleophthalmology camp ensures that good quality spectacles at a subsidized rate are given to poor patients. At our teleophthalmology camps, we provide patients with well-framed and quality lens spectacles which cost Rs. 300.

2. SUPPORT ONE TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY CAMP

Sankara Nethralaya’s teleophthalmology unit covers rural areas in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Traveling to rural areas poses many a challenge to our team — irregular power supply, limited human resources, high fuel cost, to name a few. Our teleophthalmology van consists of state-of-the-art equipment and thereby ensures that rural patients undergo an ophtha