01-06-2023 - 30-06-2023

1) Health care allocation by the government is very low. India spends only 1.6% of GDP on health care versus 18.0% of GDP in the US. 2) Only 40% of all ophthalmic treatment and surgeries are done in government clinics. Most are done by NGOs (charitable trusts) or private hospitals (expensive). 3) With the extended lockdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, there is an even greater need for thousands of pending/delayed eyecare treatment and surgeries to be done. 4) SAGK (Trust Hospital) will be able to provide quality eye care diagnosis, treatment and surgeries at less than one third the cost at private hospitals, with government clinics already overloaded. Ophthalmic surgical microscope provides the eye surgeon with a stereoscopic, high quality magnified and illuminated detailed image on a micro level for quality eye surgeries of all types. The latest Phaco Emulsification System is required for top quality cataract surgeries in less time with faster recovery and excellent visual outcome for the patients. Currently the lack of the latest eyecare operating equipment and tools does not allow the hospital to perform affordable quality ophthalmic surgeries.

Project Details

Start Date 01-06-2023
End Date 30-06-2023
Project Cost 3280000
Rotary Volunteer Hours 100
No of direct Beneficiaries 10000
Partner Clubs Global Grant project with International Partners - Fortcollin Breakfast RID 5440 and Houston RID 5890
Non Rotary Partners Sane Guruji Trust
Project Category Disease Prevention and Treatment