Tag: Curable Blindness

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Eying at a better vision, State launches unique eye care programme

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to minimise the number of curable visually challenged persons in the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched Universal Eye Care Programme, which is the first of its kind in the country. “Odisha is the first State in the country to have formulated a Universal Eye Care Programme with an expenditure […]

  • Friday, 23 July 2021
Odisha govt forms empowered committee to reduce blindness

Bhubaneswar: In an effort to develop a roadmap to reduce 25 per cent of curable blindness by 2022, Odisha government has formed an empowered committee led by LV Prasad Eye Institute’s Dr Tara Prasad Das as Chairman. The committee will have 16-member and recommend standards to implement, monitor and provide oversight for seamless implementation of […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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