People helping people

By Mary Ellen K Biggar

During a 3-day trip to the L V Prasad Vision Centres and secondary hospitals in coastal and southern Andhra Pradesh in early February, senior staff members renewed their dedication to ending preventable blindness and helping those whose visual impairment can't be corrected. The .....

Eye care service delivery in a mango orchard

Continuing the initiative funded by the Ravi brothers Sreekanth and Sudhakar, the third Service Centre in Prakasam district was inaugurated at Kandukuru on February 1, 2009, in the presence of the local MLA Maheedhara Reddy and distinguished LVPEI visiting faculty Profs William Bourne and Robert J Biggar. In addition, a .....

BBC Radio report on LVPEI's stem cell research

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Students donate

Some students from Sri Sarada Degree College for Women along with their principal and lecturers visited the institute on December 23, 2008. The students are members of the NSS unit, which had earlier made a donation to the institute for treatment of non-paying patients. At a small ceremony at LVPEI .....

Tele-ophthalmology program wins award

Satyam has won First Place at the Consumer Health World for a tele-ophthalmology program, developed by the Byrraju Foundation and L V Prasad Eye Institute. Under this program ophthalmologists and other trained vision technicians from LVPEI will diagnose and treat patients in remote locations by virtually viewing their eyelids, conjunctivas, corneas, anterior chambers, irises, pupil reactions and lenses.

12th anniversary celebrations of Mudhole centre

LVPEI's first satellite centre Bhosle Gopal Rao Patel Eye Centre, Mudhole, celebrated its 12th anniversary on December 20th. The centre was established with the support of Sri Narayan Rao Patel's family and national and international NGOs. In 12 years the centre has seen 1,60,000 outpatients and performed over 22,500 surgeries.

Dr Abdul Kalam and Pandit Jasraj at the Institute

Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was at the Institute for a cataract operation. This was the second cataract surgery for Dr Kalam at LVPEI. An old friend of LVPEI he stayed at the Exclusive Suite for 3 days. Post surgery he went on a tour of some .....

LVPEI in bloom

The Institute won several prizes during the 33rd Hyderabad Rose Show organized by Hyderabad Rose Society in December - First Prize for Best Institutional Rose Garden and 10 prizes for best blooms from the LVPEI garden for different colours and varieties.

Nimmagadda - LVPEI Children's Eye Health Initiative

The Nimmagadda - LVPEI Children's Eye Health Initiative was formally launched before a select gathering of invited guests and members of the press on November 20th at Patodia Auditorium, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. Nimmagadda Foundation, a philanthropic initiative of Mr N Prasad of Matrix Laboratories, has partnered with .....