Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences is a branch of medicine and surgery (both methods are used) that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eyeball and orbit. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye disease. Their credentials include a doctorate degree in medicine, followed by an additional four years of Ophthalmology residency training. They may or may not receive residency training in internal medicine, pediatrics, or general surgery before the ophthalmology residency. Additional training may be sought through a fellowship in a particular specialty of eye pathology. They are allowed to use medications to treat eye diseases, implement laser therapy, and perform surgery when needed. Ophthalmologists may participate in academic research on the diagnosis and treatment for eye disorders. Eye surgery, also known as ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa by an ophthalmologist. The eye is a fragile organ, and requires extreme care before, during, and after a surgical procedure. An expert eye surgeon is responsible for selecting the appropriate surgical procedure for the patient, and for taking the necessary safety precautions.
Aims and Objectives
For eye care of the patients, the department work in line with the following objectives:
- Provide OPD examination
- Treatment of common ophthalmic ailments
- Treatment of different eye infections
- Subjective correction of refractive errors
- Playing its part in creating public awareness about different communicable eye diseases
- Referral of patients to tertiary care hospital for in time management
- Removal of foreign bodies from eye
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Department has following set of SOPs to treat and serve patients:
- Patient comes in OPD, gets token and OPD slip form counter
- Vitals are checked by the staff and are noted
- Patient enters into eye department and assistant enters the details in register
- Ophthalmic technician checks the visual activity and notes it down on OPD slip
- Consultant Ophthalmologist examines the patient, notes down the diagnoses, prescribes the eye drop and medication
- In case of refraction required, he refers the patient to optometrist
- In case of emergency patient, refers to tertiary care hospital
- Optometrist examines the patient who is given number of glasses after subjective refraction, he is also explained the care of glasses and importance of regular follow-up
Equipment
The latest equipment of the department includes:
- Slit lamp (partially functional)
- Snellen chart
- Trial box
- Operating microscope (partially functional)
Future Plans
Future plans of the department are listed under:
- Provision of following equipment in OPD:
- Auto refractometer
- Tonometer
- Air scan
- Retina scope
- Slit, 90-D, 78-D lamps
- Keratometer
- Provision of following equipment in OT:
- Cataract surgery instruments set
- Probing/syringing instruments set
- Operating microscope
- Operating table