“I came across this banner that Brainware University is conducting an eye camp. I Cataract screening camp:<\/strong> Significance and importance in a developing country<\/strong> Vision and cataract screening camp at BWU:<\/strong> Services offered<\/strong> Objective of Brainware University:<\/strong> Community healthcare<\/strong> An initiative towards community health by Allied Health Sciences department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[865,583,1040,1037,1043,1046],"class_list":["post-2894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-allied-health-sciences","tag-brainware-university","tag-cataract-screening-camp","tag-community-healthcare","tag-department-of-allied-health-sciences","tag-eye-camp"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nwas facing problems with my eyes and needed a checkup so I walked in”, said one of
\nthe patients who visited the Vision and Cataract Screening Camp<\/strong>; organized by the
\nDepartment of Allied Health Sciences in collaboration with Sankara Jyoti Eye
\nInstitute on January 7, 2023. The camp was organised as a part of Students Week 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\nOne of the major challenges in the developing world is blindness, especially cataract
\nrelated blindness. India, as one of the biggest developing countries, has a large
\nnumber of blind requiring sight-restoring cataract surgery. There is a backlog of over
\n22 million blind eyes (12 million blind people) in India, and 80.1% of these are blind
\ndue to cataracts, as per a WHO\/NPCB (National Programme for Control of Blindness)
\nsurvey.<\/p>\n
\nSayani Pal Choudhury, Assistant Professor, Department of Allied Health Sciences and
\nCoordinator of the Cataract Screening Camp said, “We are offering various services
\nlike cataract screening for underprivileged people. We are also providing spectacles at
\na subsidised rate. In case anyone needs cataract surgery, we are also recommending
\nthat which the patients will get at a subsidised rate from Sankara Jyoti Eye Institute.”
\nAs per several media reports, financial barriers continue to be a major reason for not
\ntaking up offered cataract surgery services in India. This initiative by Brainware
\nUniversity is certainly going to be beneficial for the underprivileged people from the
\nneighbouring areas. “They are offering spectacles at a very low rate or else I would
\nnot have been able to afford the spectacle”; said one of the patients.<\/p>\n
\nThe community where we live is also a part of who we are! Community health is a
\nmedical specialty that focuses on the physical and mental well-being of people in a
\nspecific geographical area. Since its inception, Brainware University has focused on
\ncommunity healthcare and organises frequent health camps for the welfare of the
\nneighbouring people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"