The
Department of Ophthalmology has a faculty of young, energetic , highly
professional and qualified team of doctors. It is well equipped with 3
consultation rooms accommodating 2 Slit Lamp Bio-Microscopes attached by
an Application Tonometer, 90D& a Gonioscopic lens, along with a slit lamp
attached digital camera. The OPD has a separate specialty clinic for
non-invasive ophthalmic investigations.
An operating theatre
equipped with Carl Zeiss operating microscope for performing ophthalmic
microsurgeries enables the faculty perform thousands of major ophthalmic
surgeries every year.
The department is
seeking to add the latest technologies such as phaeco-emulsification unit
with an automated vitrectomy machine for advanced cataract surgery, Fd YAG
Green laser and indirect laser ophthalmoscope for treating diabetic
retinopathy and peripheral retinal diseases as well as for up-gradation
of pediatric ophthalmic care.