Eminent Glaucoma specialist and Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital paramedical staff held an awareness rally at Lalghati Square, Bhopal on 20th March 2023. The main objective of organizing a rally was to spread awareness against Glaucoma eye disease in society.
On the occasion, Glaucoma specialist Dr. Samta Patel, Dr. Sapna Prashant, Dr. Deepa Raidas and Sr. ophthalmologist Dr. Kavita Gupta and Dr. Sarita Kumar were also present.
Dr. Samta Patel said that Glaucoma is a slow and silent vision killer disease. She told that the old cataract patients who negligently avoid their surgery mainly suffer from this dreaded disease after spending long term. Dr. Samta told that there is no treatment of the patient who has once lost his/her vision. Dr. Deepa Raidas said that Glaucoma patients see colored circles around bulb. Their vision area is also reduced. Patients always feel pain in the eyes and dazzled view. She further said that due to the optic nerve dryness, the patient gradually loses his/her vision. Dr. Sapna Prashant said that the people of 50 plus age should regularly consult with the Glaucoma specialist and ailing patient should undergo for their Glaucoma surgery and take proper medicines with the consultation of doctor. Eye surgeons and paramedical staff also held one candle march in the evening. Candle march attracts the attention of pedestrians. Managing trustee of SSEH L.C. Janiyani said that this disease spread slowly and silently. Therefore the patients should immediately consult the glaucoma specialist and start treatment for proper eye care. Manager duo Bharti Janiyani and Kushal Dharmani were also present in the rally and candle march.
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.