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Raemistrasse 100 Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
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Destouchesstr. 1 Munchen, Bayern (Germany)
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162 City Road London, Greater London (UK)
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Rotary Narayana Nethralaya
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- Ophthalmology
- Paediatrics
- Phaco-emulsification and Small incision no-stitch cataract surgery.
Total Number Of Beds : 75
Description
The hospital complex built up on a sprawling 3 acres land in Sector 5 Salt Lake Kolkata has emerged as the sole destination for the complete eye care solutions from every walk of life
The hospital undertakes the entire spectrum of Eye Care treatment in the field of Cataract Glaucoma Occuloplasty Pediatric Ophthalmology amp Retinal Surgeries The hospital has a team of highly qualified and experienced Ophthalmologists who are trained in all ophthalmic subspecialties
An estimated 21 million people in India have cataract and 9 million are blind due to it Although blindness due to cataract is reversible millions remain blind due to a lack of access to eye care
History
Find out about the timing of the visual lossoften it happens first thing in the morningand the onset of symptoms Did the visual loss last minutes or hours did the patient wake up with the problem Beware of quotacutequot visual loss that is actually of chronic duration but suddenly noticed by the patient he or she may not be aware of visual loss in one eye until the other eye is occludedfor example when rubbing an eyelid Try to establish how severe the visual loss is it can be just blurring or no perception of light at all Find out if one or both eyes are affected It sounds surprising but patients can mistake a homonymous heminanopia for complete loss of vision in just one eye
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