According to ophthalmologists from Hyderabad-based LVPEI, consanguinity is a major risk for rise of certain eye diseases due to marriages between uncles and nieces or first cousins.
As part of the Eye Donation Fortnight, LVPEI has lined up a series of awareness programmes on the theme of cornea donation between August 25 and September 8.
Hyderabad: Centre for Sight, Hyderabad, is observing the ‘World Glaucoma Week’ from March 7 to 13, by hosting various awareness initiatives for ophthalmologists, medical community and public, to sensitise them on this permanently blinding eye disease. The centre, which launched a state-of-the-art patient-friendly treatment for Glaucoma, the endoscopic laser cyclophotocoagulation surgery, is leveraging the digital […]