April - June 2008 - LV Prasad Eye Institute

Village VisionInternational Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye careNews & Events6 Vision Centres inauguratedA total of 6 new primary care Vision Centres (VC) wereinaugurated during the quarter April – June 2008. The fiveattached to the secondary care Sudhakar and Sreekanth RaviEye Centre, Markapuram, are located at: Giddalur,Thripuranthakam, Yerragondapalem, Dornala, andBestavaripeta. With this, LVPEI has completed the establishmentof 19 out of 30 Vision Centres in Prakasam district. The LavelleFund for the Blind, Inc., USA, supported the VCs attached toMarkapuram.The sixth Vision Centre at Medarpet village is attached to thesecondary care Seshanna Chennawar Eye Centre, Adilabad.This was inaugurated on June 14, 2008, in the presence of MrLawrence Lyerly and Ms Toni Lyerly, volunteers from the IndianSociety of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ThisVC completes the 8 Vision Centres project in Adilabad, supportedby the church. The Medarpet VC is the 49 th Vision Centre to beset up by LVPEI.6 th anniversary of Karamchedu satellite centreVenkat Lakshmi Eye Centre, the third satellite centre of LVPEI,celebrated its sixth anniversary on June 7, 2008. Since itsinception, the centre has screened around 50,000 outpatientsand performed more than 7000 surgeries, 70% of them free ofcost.At the program guests and beneficiaries expressed theirhappiness that the centre was serving needy and poor patients,delivering quality eye care services in Prakasam district. Thecentre has the capacity to see even more patients and performmore surgeries. The notable guests at the celebrations includedMr Nageshwar Rao, husband of the village sarpanch and MrVeerabhadra Chary, a teacher and beneficiary. The programconcluded with the presentation of Best Employee awards andgifts to employees for participation in sports events.3 rd anniversary of Adilabad satellite centreSeshanna Chennawar Eye Centre, the fourth satellite centre ofLVPEI, celebrated its third anniversary on June 9, 2008. Sinceits inception, the centre has screened over 26,000 outpatientsand performed more than 3600 surgeries, 70% of them free ofcost.A review of the centre’s performance showed that the targetsset for the year 2007 – 2008 had been achieved. The credit forthis goes to the hospital staff, doctors and supporters of thecentre. The centre has scope for greater revenue generationby seeing more paying patients. Among the notable people atthe celebrations were Mr Kondaiah Chowdary, farmer unionleader, Mr Prakash, family member of a donor, Mr KrishnaReddy, MPDO, and other beneficiaries. The program concludedwith the presentation of Best Employee awards and gifts toemployees for participation in sports events.A. Service Delivery1. Village Visiona. Providing Eye Care through Empowered People (PEEP) Project (Launched October 14, 2004)April – June 2008 CumulativeTotal collection 11,448.00 599,340.00Outpatients treated at service centres 271 3693Surgeries at service centre 63 772People renewed for 2nd year 303 8795Households renewed for 2nd year 58 2021People renewed for 2nd and 3rd years 651 6478Housholds renewed for 2nd and 3rd years 123 144810