Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital

Description

The foundation of this hospital was laid by Late Dr Bharat Prasad Kashyap He was born on 15130 He did his matriculation from Bakshi H E School Husainabad In First Division in 1948 Did his I Sc in First Division in 1950 from Science College Patna Completed his MBBS from Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital in 1955 with Honours in Physiology Eye and ENT Did his Master of Surgery Eye from DMCH

Bihar in 1958 Did his DLO in 1962 from PMCH Patna He was appointed as Civil Assistant Surgeon in 1956 He served in Kuchaikot in 1956 He was appointed Tutor in Anatomy in DMCH from 26th Jan 1958 to Jan 1959 He was state Officer Trachoma Control Pilot Project in Bihar and Aligarh in Jan 59 to June 1960 He was in State dispensary Chakradharpur as Medical Officer from June 1960 to April 1961 He was Resident Officer in the department of Ophthalmology in PMCH from April 1961 to June

1952 Promoted to Assistant Prof In RMCH from June 1962 to August 1965 He became associate Prof In RMCH from 1965 to 1975 He became Prof And Head of the Department from 15 Aug 1975 onwards He left for the heavenly abode on 7th Dec 1986 He was still serving in RMCH He had a wide and broad vision He conducted Blind

Relief Camp wherever posted He happened to be in the top slot for many new procedures that were adopted by the Ophthalmologists of India He was among the first few to start 100 nylon stitches He was among the first few to start the intra ocular lens during cataract surgery He was first to start Keratoplasty popularly known as Corneal Grafting in this region He was among the first to secure the eyes of people at Blind Relief Campquot by putting stitches at the cost of time He was among the inventors for the Cataract operation combined with Glaucoma He had the vision to keep records of the patients since 1966 He was excellent teacher and exemplary father and husband His friends still miss his company His taught so well that his class notes still circulates among the students He upgraded the department of Ophthalmology of RIMS the then RMCH He also took the charge of

one eye bank and steered it into a posh eye bank He worked very hard to get the money for the same He started the hospital in a very humble way A two storied building was converted into a hospital where we used to live in first floor and the ground floor was converted into a hospital with minimal

facilities In the year 1977 he constructed his own building He was so convinced about the arrangements of upper residence and ground floor as hospital that he made the same arrangements here He was quite updated and made his hospital a modern one according to the believes and the facilities available those days By 1979 Ophthalmologists from all over the world were turning Microscopic Surgeon He also adopted to the situation and became the ophthalmologist operating through the microscope If he has the maximum number of free cataract surgeries in blind relief

camps to his credit he also standardized the rates of cataract surgery in this region It was a great relief to the fellow ophthalmologists He always believed to involve the local junior ophthalmologists in blind relief camps so that the local ophthalmologists do not suffer He never hesitated in referring the cases to those junior ophthalmologists if some cases came from those localities He talked very high about the ophthalmologists if the operated cases by them visited Dr Bharat Prasad Kashyap