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The meeting had attendees from LVPEI, Fernandez Foundation, Indian School of Business, Centre for Healthcare IIM Udaipur, St John’s Research Institute, and Aravind Eye Care System, among others

The VR headset not only reduces the need for torchlight, but also enables the eye specialists even in remote locations to diagnose optic neuropathies, disorders that arise from a damaged optic nerve, more accurately and efficiently.

There is a need to expand corneal donation programmes, establish more eye banks, institution of the hospital cornea retrieval programme etc, Dr G N Rao while interacting with press persons

The Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute ((SSCI) was the first of the Institutes of Excellence conceived at LVPEI. Envisaged as a global resource centre, it works to impact all the key causes and forms of corneal impairment and blindness in the world.

The ICO Jules François Golden Medal for 2024 is given once every four years for ‘ophthalmic work of the highest scientific quality.’

The genome editing system has high specificity, extended flexibility for genome coverage and the LVPEI team has validated its applicability for precision mutation editing and correction, said the researchers in their study

The paediatric ophthalmology team at LVPEI will provide eye care to children at the new facility, which will screen, diagnose and treat various eye health conditions, including refractive errors, squint, eye allergies and infections, congenital cataracts, congenital glaucoma, and retinal diseases.

A recent study of school children in the State, takenup over a period of fouryears in 354 different schools by researchers, indicated that 38 per cent of children, who have vision problems, do not get access to proper spectacles.

According to ophthalmologists from Hyderabad-based LVPEI, consanguinity is a major risk for rise of certain eye diseases due to marriages between uncles and nieces or first cousins.

Dr Gullapalli N Rao is the first and only Indian to be selected for this recognition

This is largely due to delayed or limited access to primary and secondary eye care facilities for women

Symptoms such as dry eyes, headache, blurred vision, and migraine have become a common concern among both students and parents.

Dr Sanhita Roy, Head, Ocular Pharmacology Research, highlighted the centre's ability to accelerate progress in Ocular Pharmacological Research.

The LVPEI patented stem cell therapy holds promise to treat corneal scarring that happens when cornea, the transparent outer layer of the eye, gets damaged due to infections or accidents.

Without any proactive measures, projections indicate that in two decades, 48 per cent of children in urban India will have myopia, a major looming public health crisis

The resource centre offers various services, including clinical examinations, tailored vision assessments, interventions like vision therapy, visual skills training, speech therapy, and counselling for children and their families

The idea is to raise awareness on safety precautions needed to reduce the risk of falling among elderly at home.

Smart Vision utilises AI technology to identify objects around the visually impaired, read text messages for them, detect obstacles on the way and recognise faces.

The MoU was signed by B Anil Kumar, ED and State Head, TS and AP, at IOCL and Dr Prashant Garg, Executive Chair, LVPEI.

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