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Increasing eye allergy with increasing pollution.
With increasing Air pollution in the capital city Kathmandu, there is a massive increase in the number of patient with eye allergies. According to Ophthalmologist Dr. Ben Limbu of Tilganga Eye Hospital, there is an increase in eye patient…
RAAB Survey training at Lumbini eye institute and Research Center
Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) is a rapid survey methodology developed at ICEH. It is a population-based survey of visual impairment and eye care services among people aged 50 years and over. Rapid Assessment of Avoidable…
Eye care Everywhere, Photo Competition
About the "Eye Care Everywhere" Photo CompetitionThe #EyeCareEverywhere Photo Competition organized by The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), is the fourth photo competition organized for World Sight Day.…
Elimination of preventable blindness: can success in Nepal be replicated in Africa?
Neda Nikpoor,1,2 Eric D Hansen,2,3 Matthew S Oliva,2,4 Geoffrey Tabin,1,2 Sanduk Ruit2,51Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA; 2Himalayan Cataract Project, Waterbury, VT, USA; 3Moran Eye…
5,657 still have cataract in Dang District.
Rapti Eye Hospital, Tulsipur-- Dang-- NepalThere are still blindness problems in five thousand six hundred fifty-seven (5,657) people in the Dang district of the western part of Nepal.According to the recent visual impairment and…
30 benefited from cornea transplant in Chitwan
A total of 30 people have been benefited from cornea transplant at Bharatpur Eye Hospital in Chitwan this fiscal year.According to Chairman of Board of Members at the Bharatpur Eye Hospital, Chij Kumar Maskey, those whose vision was…
1,952 children in 8 districts identified with visual defects
A sum of 1,952 children from different parts of eight districts in the country has been diagnosed with visual defects.Bharatpur Eye Hospital in the past 11 months had conducted School screening eye check-up camps for children of 144 schools…
Is your child hooked to mobile? High time to wean off the child from this bad habit
Do you think children’s using mobile (smart) phone is the trend of time and you are allowing your children hooked to smart phone?If yes, be aware as overuse of mobile phones by children may cause various health complications, besides the…
15% quota allocated for male to study Nursing education from this year
Nepal Nursing Council, Very Important Notice
Nepal’s Eye sector is Significant: Health Minister
Health Minister, Mr Upendra Yadav has praised Nepal's Eye Health Sector as being worth mentionable. Eye sector in Nepal has achieved an important milestone says health minister Yadav.Ophthalmologists team from Pakistan have visited the…