Outreach
Geta Eye Hospital provides outreach services through surgical eye camps, diagnostic screening and treatment (DST) eye camps, and school screening programs to provide preventive, promotive and curative eye care services to unreached patients of Far Western province.
a. Surgical Eye Camps:
To reach the unreached population in remote location and provide comprehensive eye care, Geta Eye Hospital conducts surgical eye camps in different locations of the Far West province with the support of governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The hospital conducts surgical eye camps for 2 to 3 days at a place and organizes 3 to 4 camps in a trip to save travel time and minimize operating costs. Patients examined in the eye camps were treated medically, and cataract surgeries were performed with intra-ocular lens implantation and some other minor ocular surgeries free of charge.
Patients with refractive errors were also offered retinoscopic refraction and provided glasses free of charge or with subsidized costs at the same site. Opportunistic screening was performed for glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and other conditions and referred to Geta Eye Hospital for further investigation and management. In all surgical eye camps local social organizations, Nepal Red Cross Society volunteers, school teachers, students, social workers, female community health volunteers, and government health workers actively participated in advertisement and volunteer work. In the Year 2079-80 (2022-23) hospital conducted 22 surgical eye camps, performed 14,973 patient examinations and performed 2,569 surgeries, of which 2,544 were cataract surgeries, and the rest were provided either optical correction or medical treatment.
b. Screening Eye Camps:
Geta Eye Hospital and its network conduct diagnostic screening and treatment (DST) camps to reach the unreached to provide comprehensive eye care. Operable cataract patients screened at such camps are referred to base hospital or secondary-level eye 13 hospital, or surgical eye center to provide surgery free of charge. Opportunistic screening was performed for glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and other conditions and referred to hospitals for further investigations. To address visual impairment due to refractive error, the eye camp team performs retinoscopic refraction and provides glass free of charge or at subsidized rates at the same site. The hospital and its network conducted 164 screening camps in F/Y 2079-80 (2022-23) where 21,979 patients were examined and operable patients were referred to base hospital, surgical eye camps, secondary hospital or surgical centers for surgical intervention.
To address visual impairment due to refractive error, the eye camp team performs retinoscopic refraction and provides glass free of charge or at subsidized rates at the same site. The hospital and its network conducted 164 screening camps in F/Y 2079-80 (2022-23) where 21,979 patients were examined and operable patients were referred to base hospital, surgical eye camps, secondary hospital or surgical centers for surgical intervention.
c. School Eye Health Program:
Geta Eye Hospital and its network conduct school eye health programs in all districts of this province to support in elimination of visual impairment and avoidable blindness in school children. Under this program, the hospital or eye center team visits the schools and examines the school children for eye problems. Children with ocular problems are treated medically on the spot and children with refractive error are referred to the base hospital or eye care centers or retinoscopic refraction performed at the same school for refractive correction, and provided spectacles free of charge. In addition trained school teachers screen school children and refer to an eye center or ophthalmic assistant visit to the school for refractive corrections.
Children who required special ocular examinations such as orthoptics, low vision and surgical intervention were referred to the base hospital for respective services. All services and treatment including ocular examination, spectacle and surgery have been provided free of charge or subsidized charge. In the year 2079-80 (2022-23) hospital and its network screened 446 schools to cover 96,107 children and provided spectacle to 1072 children free of charge. The financial support for the school eye health program in the Far West province is being provided by the SEVA Foundation, Fred Hollows Foundation and the Government of Nepal through the Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh central office.
Telemedicine
To provide consultant eye care service to the patients located in remote areas the hospital had established telemedicine service at Geta Eye Hospital and its Eye Care Centers. The hospital had installed a third eye camera on a slit lamp bi-microscope to capture a live image of the patient’s eye, which can be consulted with the Ophthalmologist at Geta Eye Hospital through an internet connection and treatment provided as per advice given by ophthalmologist. In the year 2079-80, 709 patients from different eye centers benefited through telemedicine.
SECONDARY EYE HOSPITAL AND EYE CARE CENTERS OF GEH
- Secondary Eye Hospital Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur
- Secondary Eye Hospital Tikapur, Kailali
- Secondary Eye Hospital Dadeldhura
- Surgical Center Dhangadhi, Kailali
- Surgical Center, Belauri Kanchanpur
- Eye Center Dodhara Chadani, Kanchanpur
- Eye Center Patan, Baitadi
- Eye Center Gothalapani, Baitadi
- Eye Center Silgadhi Doti
- Eye Center Sikhar, Doti
- Eye Center Sanfebager, Achham
- Eye Center Darchula
- Eye Center Chainpur Bajhang
- Eye Center Martadi Bajura
- Eye Center Bhajani Kailali
- Eye Center Hasuliya Kailali
- Eye Center Lamki, Kailali
- Eye Center Sukhad, Kailali
- Eye Center Jogbudha, Dadeldhura
- Eye Center Mangalsen Achham
- Eye Center Tante, Bajura
- Eye Center Deulek Bajhang
- Eye Center Gokuleshwar, Darchula
- Eye Center Beldandi, Kanchanpur
- Eye Center Kolti, Bajura
- Eye Care Center Dogadakedar, Baitadi