What can a handful of Japanese do for an ophthalmic and ENT hospital? Well, a lot. So feels the KB Haji Bachooali Charitable Ophthalmic and ENT Hospital in Parel.
For, these few Japanese through their consulate have donated Rs25 lakh for the ophthalmic society at the hospital. The money will be used to purchase new equipment for screening, investigating and treating glaucoma patients.
Glaucoma is a disease in which the optic nerve is damaged, leading to progressive, irreversible loss of vision.
The objective of the ophthalmic society is to provide eye care free or with nominal fee to the poor and needy. The society was started by a group of professionals late DD Sathye, late DS Sardesai, and late CR Athavale. The hospital was set up 95 years ago.
“Our outreach department is involved in various projects across the state. On learning about us, the Japanese visited the sites where we offer services, and decided to fund our glaucoma project,” said Deepak Lalge, programme manager of the department.
“Such donations boost our morale to work more on curable blindness and reach more needy patients,” said G Chandrasekhar, medical director of the hospital.
The hospital also conducts free cataract detection camps, free-of-cost cataract operations and school screening programmes.
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