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Stanger Provincial Hospital Phone: 032-4376039 or 032-4376188 Private bag: X10609 Fax: 032-5522767 / 032 5521336 Stanger. 4450 Email: AZIM@telkomsa.net Enquiries: Dr. R A Chowdhury MBBS, Diploma Ophthalmology (S.A) Chief Medical Officer (Ophthalmology)
Prioritisation: Any advances in cataract, glaucoma, diabetics, childhood blindness and corneal blindness. Refractive blindness has been covered under primary care.
Lack of community service rotation post to strengthen primary and secondary care and nursing staff. Dedicated ophthalmic nursing staff. Supplies: Ophthalmic microsurgery equipments, intraocular lenses, ophthalmic drugs and disposable. Optimising available IT infrastructure.
With support of ICEE. optometry training. Medical: One week exposure / rotation through ophthalmology department. Nursing: Two weeks practical ophthalmic exposure. CME: Once in a month.
Organization of services:
Primary eye care: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Vision screening; e.g. visual acuity, pinhole, auto refraction etc. Cataract, glaucoma, diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy screening. Screening for squints and amblyopia. Refraction. Routine intra ocular pressure check up and Visual field. Prosthesis fittings, contact lenses etc.
Secondary eye care: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Routine cataract surgery with intraocular lens implant. Routine glaucoma surgery. Routine trauma surgery. Yag capsulotomy. Routine horizontal strabismus and amblyopia treatment.
Snellen chart, pinhole, reading card, trial lens set, trial frame, retinoscope. Auto-refractor. Direct and indirect ophthalmoscope with 20 D lens and Fundus camera. Slit lamp with inbuilt digital camera. Field analyzer and hand held tonometer. Minor out patients ophthalmic surgery; e.g. chalazion excision. Dedicated Ophthalmic ward
(2X ophthalmic nurse; 4x staff nurse)
Male ophthalmic bed (15) Female ophthalmic bed (15) Paediatric ophthalmic bed (10) Infected ophthalmic bed (5) Operating room Operating microscope X 1 Operating bed X 1 Surgeons operating chair X 1 Portable ophthalmoscope X 1 Different microsurgical instruments.
(Cataract set x 2, Glaucoma set x 2, Lid set x 1,corneal set x 1, enucleation and evisceration set x 1)
Rotation for CSO and nurses. (At least to identify, manage and deliver primary eye care). Cataract surgery training for interested medical officer.
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Regular cataract camp will be held every 4 month interval if proper assistance obtain.
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