EYESIGHT IS THE WORLD, NO EYESIGHT NO WORLD: RAMESH AGARWAL
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Sewa Hi Sewa Trust was already running its charitable eye hospital, where free operations have been performed, now state-of-the-art machines have also been installed there. Sewa Hi Sewa Charitable Hospital, Panchkula has received three state-of-the-art eye treatment machines from Valco Industries Ltd., Chandigarh as a donation worth Rs 40 lakhs.
The hospital, managed by Sewa Hi Sewa Charitable Trust, is located at the back side of SCO 27, Sector 11, Panchkula. The newly installed machines include one OCT machine (used to check the cornea of the eye), NCT machine (that checks eye pressure), and YARG laser machine (which is used to clean the membrane after the operation) for eye examination.
Sewadar of the Trust, Ramesh Aggarwal said that Sewa Hi Sewa Charitable Hospital was inaugurated by Gyanchand Gupta on 1 August 2021, where medicines are provided free of cost apart from various types of medical tests to the needy patients. Cataract surgery is done free of cost in its eye clinic on ‘first come, first served’ basis. After the expansion of Retina and Cornea section, this eye clinic has become one of the best facilities in the region.
(SUBHEAD)It has a fully equipped Eye Surgery Theatre. A total of 325 patients were provided free lenses after satisfactory eye operations during the last 8 months. In future also, cataract operations will be done free of cost along with lenses. The premium lens will be of the patient's own choice. A target has been set to conduct 521 operations this year. Anyone can donate or contribute to the hospital.
There are seven qualified doctors at the hospital, including an Ortho specialist, a Dermatologist, a general physician, an Ophthalmologist, a Gynecologist and a Physiotherapist. The consultation fee at the hospital is only Rs 50 and the patients who cannot afford even this small amount are given medicines absolutely free of cost. Blood sampling facility is available and lab tests are also done at the most affordable rates. The medical shop inside the hospital is the first in tricity where 63% discount is available on branded medicines and 20% discount on patented medicines. The medicine shop remains open throughout the week.
Aggarwal further added, “Physiotherapy is available here at the lowest rates compared to any other charitable hospital in Tricity. Dental checkup is free forever. RCT is done at Rs.1200, X-ray at Rs.50, filling at Rs.300, Cleaning at Rs 300, implant, denture, bridging, cap, etc. are all available at charitable rates. OPD is open in the morning and evening time for general patients.”
