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Focus on the quality of treatment, ophthalmologists told

Staff Correspondent

The four-day-long 64th Annual Conference of the All-India Ophthalmological Society concludes in Bhopal on Sunday

BHOPAL: The four-day 64th Annual Conference of the All-India Ophthalmological Society concluded here on Sunday with the clear message that eye specialists and surgeons should focus on quality of treatment and make the best use of high-tech and modern techniques for the management of patients.

The 64th Conference of All-India Ophthalmological Society was inaugurated by the State Governor Balram Jakhar on February 9. The renowned Sarod maestro, Amjad Ali Khan enthralled the delegates, many of them from abroad, with his captivating Sarod recital on the inaugural day.

He had also performed at the All-India Ophthalmological Society's conference held in the State capital 30 years ago.

Addressing the delegates at the inaugural session, the State Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chauhan had assured all help to ophthalmologists willing to render service to the people of Madhya Pradesh.

In his Presidential address, R.B. Jain pointed out that there were more than 11000 ophthalmologists in India but the services of all them were not being utilised properly and this was mainly due to "unequal" distribution of work. There were a large number of ophthalmologists, who were doing not even 50 operations in a year while others were overloaded with work, Dr. Jain pointed out.

A large number of people in this country tend to avoid use of glasses for correcting refractive errors especially among children, Dr. Jain said adding that such children were at risk of developing amblyopia and also may not develop proper I.Q.

He further said that all children by the age of five years should be screened for refractive errors and provided with glasses if necessary. He also appealed to the education planners that children below 5 years of age should be taught only by verbal or audio-visual means and should not be made to read and write.

Dr. Jain said that people should be educated about prevention and proper management of Ocular injury in the fields and factories and for injuries caused during sports and festivities, especially in the rural areas, to minimize preventable blindless. The incidence of corneal blindness in both eyes in the country is approximately 2 lakhs he said.

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