DMC&H expands eye care services by providing fortnightly screening camps in Eye OPD

Ludhiana, September 4, 2024: DMC&H has expanded its eye care services by launching a new initiative —a fortnightly eye screening camp for retina and glaucoma. These camps will offer a comprehensive screening services, aiming at early detection and prevention of vision loss due to glaucoma and various retinal diseases like diabetic retinopathy, age related macular degeneration and retinal detachment. It is worth mentioning here that these diseases often remain asymptomatic until advanced stages and need routine screening for their detection.

DMC&H is also pleased to announce the appointment of virto- retina and  Uvea specialist Dr Pallavi Singh. She has done her MS ophthalmology from PGIMER, Chandigarh and pursued VR fellowship from the prestigious Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, said a release issued by DMCH, Ludhiana today, adding that she has vast experience in managing various medical and surgical retina diseases.

There will be a free retina screening camp every 2nd Sunday and a glaucoma screening camp on the 4th Sunday of every month.

Bipin Gupta, Secretary of the DMC&H Managing Society and Dr. G.S. Wander, Principal DMCH, congratulated Dr. Pallavi Singh on her appointment to the institute.

Speaking on the occasion, Bipin Gupta, Secretary DMC&H Managing Society, emphasised that our goal is provide the best eye care facilities to the general public. With these screening camps we will be enabled to reach more people in need of specialized care.

Principal, Dr G S Wander stated that DMC&H warmly welcomes Dr Pallavi Singh and encouraged everyone to take advantage of the upcoming screening camps to ensure their eye health.

Dr Gurvinder Kaur, Professor & Head Department of Eye, DMC&H said that the Eye Department at DMC&H has state of the art facilities to provide the best eye care at affordable cost for all the eye diseases. She stressed that every individual should get a routine eye checkup atleast 6 monthly to detect eye diseases at an early stage. She is hopeful that the fortnightly screening camps for retina and glaucoma will help in raising awareness regarding these diseases and go a long way in avoiding preventable blindness.