Hon'ble Minister for Education, Government of Telangana,
Smt P Sabitha Indra Reddy launched the Project
28 July 2022, Hyderabad: L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) launched a door-to-door community screening project in Maheshwaram Mandal of Ranga Reddy District under the CSR initiative of Siemens Healthineers, India. Under the project ‘Reaching out with Innovative Services for Eyecare (RISE)’, 50,000 people will be screened for eye ailments. The project was launched at LVPEI’s Maheshwaram Vision Centre (Primary Eye Care Centre) by Smt P Sabitha Indra Reddy, Hon'ble Minister for Education, Government of Telangana.
Access to good quality eye health services globally is a key enabler to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This can be achieved by strengthening and ensuring Universal Eye Health coverage for all. L V Prasad Eye Institute, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness, is dedicatedly working towards this. The project ‘RISE’ fulfils the goals set for Universal Eye Health coverage.
Under this project, the focus will be on – making quality eye care services accessible and affordable to the population of Maheshwaram Mandal through door-to-door eye screening programs and optimally utilizing technology for addressing their vision problems. There will be a special focus on the vulnerable population - the elderly, women, and children. Those identified with eye problems will be referred to LVPEI’s Vision Centre (Primary Eye Care Centre) in Maheshwaram for a comprehensive eye examination. Spectacles will be dispensed for correction of refractive errors. Those in need of surgical intervention for cataract will be referred to LVPEI’s Secondary Eye Care Centre in Kothur in Ranga Reddy District. Low vision rehabilitation services will also be provided. All these services will be provided at no cost to the patients, without compromising the quality of care.
'Poor eye health-seeking behaviour is the major barrier to eliminating avoidable blindness. This project will not only make quality eye care services affordable and accessible for the community but also lead to increased awareness about good eye health practices. Our larger goal is to ensure this region becomes free of avoidable blindness. Our sincere thanks to Siemens Healthineers India for supporting this much-needed project. Also, our special thanks to Smt P Sabitha Indra Reddy, Hon'ble Minister for Education, Government of Telangana, for joining us as the Chief Guest', says Dr Rajeev R Pappuru, Vice Chair, L V Prasad Eye Institute.
'We at Siemens Healthineers are leading global MedTech solution provider and, as a responsible Corporate citizen, we are equally committed to positively impacting community ‘good health and well-being’ - the stated SDG goal of UN. In our country, poor diet and eye-health neglect are the major barriers in eliminating the very much avoidable blindness. These factors make the LVPEI’s RISE project, and its geography, a natural fit to our CSR priorities. Furthermore, associating with LVPEI, one of the well-known names in Eye-Care, gives us a confidence that the project will achieve its intended purpose, of improving eye-care in a large community setting. With our ‘Making a Difference’ initiative we are also encouraging Siemens Healthineers employees to undertake Volunteering Initiatives in this project,' says Mr Kailash Yagnik, Senior Vice President-Strategy, Siemens Healthcare Private Limited.
About LVPEI: Established in 1987, L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness, is a comprehensive eye health facility. The Institute has ten functional arms to its areas of operations: Clinical Services, Education, Research, Vision Rehabilitation, Rural and Community Eye Health, Eye Banking, Advocacy and Policy Planning, Capacity Building, Innovation and Product Development. The LVPEI Eye Care Network has 260+ Centres spread across the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka in India. The institute's mission is to provide equitable and quality eye care to all sections of society. The LVPEI’s five-tier ‘Eye Health Pyramid’ model covering all sections of society right from the villages to the city, provides high quality and comprehensive - prevention, curative and rehabilitation – eye care to all. It has served over 34.14 million (3 crore 41 lakh people), with more than 50% of them entirely free of cost, irrespective of the complexity of care needed.
About Siemens Healthineers: Siemens Healthineers AG (listed in Frankfurt, Germany: SHL) pioneers breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. As a leading medical technology company headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, Siemens Healthineers and its regional companies is continuously developing its product and service portfolio, with AI-supported applications and digital offerings that play an increasingly important role in the next generation of medical technology. These new applications will enhance the company’s foundation in in-vitro diagnostics, image-guided therapy, in-vivo diagnostics, and innovative cancer care. Siemens Healthineers also provides a range of services and solutions to enhance healthcare providers’ ability to provide high-quality, efficient care. In fiscal 2021, which ended on September 30, 2021, Siemens Healthineers, which has approximately 66,000 employees worldwide, generated revenue of €18.0 billion and adjusted EBIT of €3.1 billion. Further information is available at www.siemens-healthineers.com.
Siemens Healthineers in India is Great Place to Work® certified, with over 3,900 employees across the nation. With a countrywide sales network and round-the-clock service set-up, two manufacturing facilities at Vadodara for Diagnostics and at Bengaluru for Medical Imaging Products, backed by a state-of-the-art R&D center as well as a global software development center at Bengaluru; we are playing a significant role in transforming care delivery in India and supporting healthcare providers across the entire range of patient care – from prevention and early detection to diagnosis and on to treatment and aftercare. Further information is available at www.siemens-healthineers.co.in