Zambia visit for Cataract Surgery from 18-06-2008 to 08-07-2008
A team from Sankara Nethralaya went to Zambia for cataract surgery camp. The camp was conducted at Nchanga Hospital, Chingola. 172 cataract surgeries were performed by Dr Rashmin Gandhi and Dr Sandeep Mark Thirumalai. The team was ably supported by Dr Banulakshmi, Mr Banukumar, Ms Vijayalakshmi, Mr Suresh Balaji, Ms Subhashini, Ms Devi, Mr Palani […]
World Ophthalmic Congress in Hong Kong from 26-06-2008 to 02-07-2008
Dr J Biswas, Dr L.Vijaya, Dr E.Ravindra Mohan , Dr Amit Nagpal, Dr Mamta Agarwal, Dr Muna P Bhende attended conference course in “The design, conduct, and management of clinical trials in eye research by ARVO foundations for eye research”. They discussed principles of clinical trials, design of clinical trials, components of protocol, operational aspects […]
Visitor from Johnson & Johnson on 21-06-08
Johnson & Johnson have made a study on various potential ways to address the healthcare needs of rural and urban population. As an outcome of this study they have identified four important ways to address this segment. They have decided to partner with health care providers and others to make this possible. As Sankara Nethralaya […]
Guest Lecture on 23-06-2008
Mr Hari Subramaniam of Cognizant technologies delivered an interesting lecture on “Bust your BP, weight and stress – secrets of mixing yoga and fitness”. He spoke about holistic health in terms of diet, exercise and meditation to bring down the stress levels.
Titan Project
Titan Industries Limited has a tie-up with Sankara Nethralaya, wherein Sankara Nethralaya trains the optical store personnel for Titan Eye+, the optical division of Titan Industries Limited. We have successfully completed training two batches of them, one in March 2008 and the other in May 2008. We train them under three categories namely, § Style […]
International Nurses Day celebration on 12-05-2008
International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated all over the world on the 12th of May. This day is celebrated to remember all the valuable contributions nurses make to the society. Madam Florence Nightingale, “The Lady with the Lamp”, Patron of Nursing Profession was born on May 12, 1820. Her birthday is celebrated as “International Nurses […]
Orientation Programme on 01-04-08
A warm welcome was extended to the new batch of ophthalmologists pursuing their fellowship program by the family of Sankara Nethralaya on 1st of April 2008. This batch included Fellows from Germany, Afghanistan and Malaysia. Dr T S Surendran, Vice-Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya welcomed the gathering and briefed on Nethralaya’s History. Dr S Meenakshi, Director Academics […]
E.Vaithilingam Memorial session 22nd and 23rd March 2008
The Seventh Dr E. Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Conference was held on 22nd and 23rd of March in the Auditorium of MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. There were around 84 participants from outside. All the ESO students and SN optometrists were also a part of this grand function. Dr Lingam Gopal, Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya welcomed […]
World Glaucoma Day on March 06, 2008
The first World Glaucoma Day (WGD) was observed on March 6, 2008. In this connection, Glaucoma Society of India held its first patient awareness meeting in Chennai at Sankara Nethralaya on March 6, 2008 at 6 pm. Patients and their families interested were invited to attend the meeting and benefit from the Doctor – Patient […]