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Profile
LVPEI is one of the few institutes with an exclusive
facility for visually impaired children, including newborns
and infants. Our Vision Rehabilitation Centre, the first of
its kind in Asia, trains children and adults with incurable
low vision in the use of low-cost optical and non-optical
visual aids.
Development of human resources is imperative for developing
countries. The Institute is an acclaimed education center
for eye care personnel at all levels - post-doctoral
ophthalmology fellows and practicing ophthalmologists, as
well as optometrists, ophthalmic technicians, nurses,
bio-medical technicians and eye care administrators.
LVPEI also has a state-of-the-art eye bank, which collects,
stores and distributes donor corneas for transplantation and
research. In addition we have initiated the development of
several affordable eye care products, such as preservation
medium for corneal tissues and rehabilitation devices for
low vision patients.
In the 20 years since our establishment we have provided
outpatient services to over 2 million people and surgical
care to over 250,000 patients - almost 50 percent of them
free of charge. In addition, we have trained over 10,000
doctors and para-medical personnel from India and abroad,
and made over 1700 research presentations at national and
international meetings.
Fundamental to all our efforts is the generous support
received from individuals, institutions and the industry,
from all over the world, who have shared our dream. The
Institute is managed by two not-for-profit trusts, the
Hyderabad Eye Institute and Hyderabad Eye Research
Foundation, which are registered under the Society Act.
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