Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Rural Medical College - Department of Ophthalmology
Introduction
"The brave trades where the ordinary man is scared to step" is the spirit of Padmashri Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil. He dreamt of providing basic medical and educational facility to this rural backward and remote area of Maharashtra.
His dream came true in shape of Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Pravara Rural Hospital and bloomed into Dr. Balasaheb Vikhe Patil Rural Medical College and Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences. With all the state of an art treatment & training facilities, department of ophthalmology, in tune with the original idea is geared into providing comprehensive eye care to the local population mostly consisting of low socio-economic and education background.
Vision:
Bench mark in quality eye care
Mission:
To provide quality eye care to the needy population
To increase awareness about preventable blindness in rural community
To serve the rural people - the poor, the disadvantaged, irrespective of their social status and background.
To impart thorough knowledge in the subject of ophthalmology to the undergraduate and postgraduate students
Teaching Facilities Offered:
The department has the following facilities for teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students:
- Lecture hall
- Departmental library
- Seminar hall equipped with an overhead projector
- Demonstration room
- Audiovisual aids (a collection of CDs & DVDs containing routine ophthalmic operative procedures)
- Wet Lab facility
- Well-equipped research laboratory
- Departmental museum containing various pathological gross specimens, charts, and instruments
- A collection of X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs of relevant ophthalmic diseases
Services offered by the department include:
- Outpatient department
- In patient department
- 24 hrs. emergency services
- U.G. and P.G. teaching programme
- Special Services in the form of specialty clinics
- Major & Minor Operations
Distinguished Services:
- Laser facilities for Diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, PCO
- Fundus photography and Fluorescein angiography
- Anterior segment photography
- Pachymetry
- Ultrasound A-Scan
- Keratometry
- Perimetry
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Ultrasound B-Scan
- Indirect ophthalmoscopes
- Non-contact tonometry
- Applanation tonometry
- Perkins tonometry
- Phaco-emulsification
- Vitrectomy
- Eye Bank Facility
- Contrast sensitivity charts
- Pediatric vision charts
- Cyclocryophotocoagulation
Speciality Clinics:
Glaucoma Clinic
Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgery Clinic
Uvea and Medical Retina
Refraction Clinic
Cornea and Ocular Surface
Contact Lens
Eye Bank
Squint Clinic
Paediatric Ophthalmology
Orbit and Oculoplasty
Low vision aids
Neuroophthalmology
Multidisciplinary Services:
Detection of Diabetic and Hypertensive retinopathy with the help of Department of Medicine.
Detection of Retinopathy of Prematurity and Vitamin A prophylaxis programme with the Department of Paediatrics.
Detection of Retinopathy in PIH patients with Gynaecology and Obstetric department.
Screening of HIV patients for Ocular Manifestations at ART Centre.
Management of Polytrauma cases with OMFS, ENT and Surgery department.
Projects with Preventive, Social and Community Medicine department.
Telemedicine
Research Activities:
19/06/2011: CME-Refractive surgeries. Past, present, future.
05/09/2012: Workshop on eye donation and eye banking.
17/04/2013: CME on interdisciplinary- diabetic retinopathy
21/07/2013: CME-Cataract surgery update
Research project completed by Post graduate student are 12 and 12 projects are ongoing. However the faculty is engaged in 2 ongoing projects.
Thrust Area of Research:
Retina – Diabetic retinopathy, OCT evaluation of maculopathy
Glaucoma - OCT evaluation of optic disc
Cornea – keratoplasty, triple procedures
Lacrimal sac surgeries – conventional versus endonasal DCR
Cataract surgeries – SICS, Phaco surgery
Refraction – prevalence, CCT and myopia
Ocular surface disorders – no suture no glue for pterygium, Amniotic membrane Grafting
Extension Activites:
| Sr. No. | Activity | Purpose | Date & Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye Donation fortnight national level activity | Participation in increasing Public Awareness about eye donation | 25th August - 8th September every year, RMC, Loni |
| 2 | Specialty eye camps | To focus on special eye disorders like Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy | 14th November - Diabetic Retinopathy 6th March - Glaucoma Every year for 1 week |
| 3 | Video conferencing - through Telemedicine 'Namaskar Doctor' for community | Health education to rural population through question answer session | Monthly activity, IT dept. PRH, Loni |
| 4 | TV Shows - for health education | Increasing Public Awareness | Daily activity, OPD |
| 5 | Radio Talk - for health education | Increasing Public Awareness of common eye disorders | Monthly activity, Babhaleshwar Radio centre |
| 6 | Visit to Primary Health Centers | Treatment at doorstep | Weekly activity on Monday at Rahata |
| 7 | Mini camps & Multidiagnostics Camp | Participation in National Blindness Control Programme | Monthly activity / fortnightly activity |
| 8 | School Visits | Screening of school children for common pediatric disorders | Monthly / fortnightly activity |
Best Practices:
Eye bank facility
LASER facility for rural population.
Charity eye surgeries.
State of an art equipments.
Specialty diagnostic and surgical services.
Optometry and ophthalmic assistants course.
Community based teaching, work & research.
