3 hours ago
1
Dr Titiyal said that done the clinic, a ample database volition beryllium established successful the coming fewer years to contented guidelines for absorption of myopia among school-going children.
Amid rising cases of nearsightedness among children, AIIMS Thursday launched a peculiar myopia session targeting patients beneath 15 years of age. The session volition tally from Monday to Saturday and volition beryllium manned by 2 module members, elder ophthalmic technicians and counsellors.
“We person started this clinic, particularly for children with myopia, truthful that we tin springiness them broad management. We spot much than 1,000 kids with myopia each year,” said Dr JS Titiyal, main of Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences astatine AIIMS Delhi. The session volition people screening, due refraction, and supply suitable glasses, successful summation to different interventions to alteration the progression of myopia by giving them optical treatment, aesculapian absorption and counselling.
Dr Titiyal said that done the clinic, a ample database volition beryllium established successful the coming fewer years to contented guidelines for absorption of myopia among school-going children. “This volition beryllium adjuvant for radical getting referred to our centre from peripheral areas for due management. We volition besides enactment with assorted ministries, acquisition ministry, wellness ministry, to marque guidelines for school, screening programmes, getting due refraction for kids recovered to person defective imaginativeness and regular follow-ups,” said Dr Titiyal.
He added that the infirmary is looking astatine aesculapian attraction and optical absorption to alteration progression successful these kids. “…because higher the myopia, higher is the accidental of different associated problems,” helium explained.
Dr Titiyal besides cautioned that astatine the existent rate, much than 50% of the colonisation volition beryllium myopic by 2050. According to an AIIMS study, myopia is an emerging nationalist wellness occupation successful some municipality and agrarian school-going adolescents successful India and requires urgent attention.
.png "indianexpress.")
.png "khaleejtimes")
.png "arabnews")
.png "gulfnews"){kind=logo}
English (US) · 
Hindi (IN) ·