Paying tribute to Paramhansa Sant Hirdaram Sahib ji on his 119th birth anniversary, Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital, Bhopal performed nearly 119 free cataract surgeries. Empathy and not sympathy propagated Paramhans Sant Hirdaram Sahibji. Paramhans Sant Hirdaram Sahibji preached to approach each patient who comes to the hospital with empathy, to understand their problems, not just medical but also social before treating them. To reach the free surgery facility to a large population, the registration commenced a week earlier.On the occasion, Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital and Jeev Sewa Sansthan jointly organised a free health check-up camp. Fifteen doctors volunteered for the camp. The check-up included eye health, urology, ENT, dental, and a comprehensive health check. Patients were provided with free medicines as per their prescription. Nearly 250 people availed of the facility.
Paying tribute to Paramhans Sant Hirdaram Sahib Ji, Managing Trustee of Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital Shri A.C. Sadhwani said that Paramhans Sant Hirdaram Sahib Ji had conceptualized an educated and healthy society during his lifetime. To give a concrete shape to his thoughts, Santji’s disciples are working with strong willpower. The Managing Trustee expressed gratitude for the services of the doctors who volunteered their services. On this occasion, the educationalist Vishnu Gehani, trustees Tulsi Adwani, K.L. Ramnani, Rajkumar Mulchandani, and Sant Sewak L.C. Janiyani were also present.
Nisha Solanki belongs to a large family of two brothers and four sisters (of whom 3 are married). Both her brothers and elder sister attend school. Nisha’s father is mentally challenged. The responsibility of earning is on the mother, who is a daily wage farm labourer and grandmother, who tends to her goats. Two earing members for a family of ten.
Blindness in children leads to deep impact on psychological, emotional, and socioeconomic growth to the family. A child with blindness is more likely to have delays in developmental milestones, to be more frequently hospitalized, and die during childhood than a sighted child. Such severe vision loss also adversely effects the educational activities, orientation, and mobility from the early stage of life resulting in lack of employment privilege. These differential characteristics between a sighted and non-sighted child is more obvious in developing countries. Moreover, the disability adjusted life years (DALY) loss in a blind child is far more than that of adults with blindness.