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Activities / Facilities Available
 
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  Operation Theater @ Ophthalmology Department  
Education and Training  

(i) Teaching of MBBs- 100 students per year for 2 semesters.
(ii) DOMs – one student per year.
(iii) MS – 3 students per year.
(iv) Department also imparted 2 years diploma course for ophthalmic
       assistants from 1991-2000.

Eye Care Training Centre (ECTC)

Government of india, Ministry of health and Family welfare has nominated the, “Regional Institute of Ophthalmology” as a centre to train, faculty members of other medical college and medical officers in Phacoemulsification, SICS, Glaucoma, medical retina, paediatric ophthalmology etc.
Patient Care
(i) OPD- the regional institute of ophthalmology has annual attendance of around 200000.
(ii) IPD- approximately 14,000 cataract surgeries per year are done. this is the highest
      number of cataract surgery being performed by any of the state medical college in up.
(iii) Apart from this various specialized and referred cases are also examined and treated
       in various special clinic being run at the department as under -

Cornea including keratoplasty
IOL Clinic
Contact Lens
Glaucoma clinic
 Squint and orthoptic clinic
 Laser clinic
Pediatric ophthalmology
Lacrimal clinic
Uvea clinic

The hospital has got fully air conditioned operation theatres incorporating 7 operation tables with latest and technically most superior world class Ziess operating microscope. Recently one more operation theatre has been constructed with requisite equipment and various specialized surgeries have been started in the operation theatre. It is also equipped with a rural ot where patients of eye relief camps are being operated. every patient of camp is being operated by SICS technique with intraocular lens implantation. all the medicines and lens are being supplied free of cost to the patient.