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Blind children to perform

Tue, 06/20/2017 - 10:38 -- geeta.nair

Around 40 visually challenged children from Ranga Rao Memorial School for the Disabled will participate in the mass yoga demonstration on at Mysuru Racecourse on Wednesday.

A yoga teacher appointed by the district administration has been training the students and more than 1,000 employees of Cycle Pure Agarbathies for an hour every day.

It takes more skill and planning for a teacher to train visually challenged students. The instructions should be clear, concise and direct, giving an overview of the pose and a sense of its direction, a release said.

Screening for Cataract Needed

Mon, 06/19/2017 - 11:23 -- geeta.nair

There are 450,000 blind and 90,000 visually impaired people at present in the country, said Dr Abbas Azimi, a board member of Iranian Optometric Association (IOA). Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness and vision loss, and Iran is among the top ranking countries in cataract treatment, he said. “Around 6,000 surgeries per million per annum are performed as per data provided by the Health Ministry,” Azimi was quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.

First synthetic retina for visually impaired created – The Guardian NewsPaper

Tue, 05/09/2017 - 10:49 -- geeta.nair

A synthetic, soft tissue retina developed by an Oxford University student could offer fresh hope to visually impaired people.Until now, all artificial retinal research has used only rigid, hard materials. The new research, by Vanessa Restrepo-Schild, a 24 year old Dphil student and researcher at the Oxford University, Department of Chemistry, is the first to successfully use biological, synthetic tissues, developed in a laboratory environment.

Drishti’ brightens lives of 800 cataract patients

Mon, 03/20/2017 - 10:44 -- geeta.nair

KOCHI: More than 800 patients got their vision back in 2016-17 after undergoing cataract surgery under Project Drishti, the flagship CSR initiative of Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (BFIL).Project Drishti was implemented in association with Canada-based NGO OEU and Little Flower Hospital and Research Centre, Angamaly. “The organisers are planning to expand it to other districts by providing free cataract treatment to the poor,” stated an official release.

Government to introduce comprehensive package for blind schools

Thu, 03/16/2017 - 10:42 -- geeta.nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has decided to introduce a comprehensive package for the functioning of blind schools - government and aided - in the state.

The Cabinet meeting on Wednesday took the decision to bring in a package for fixing norms for such schools.  

The package will deal with all aspects related to the functioning of blind schools in the state including setting standards, finalising its norms, ensuring infrastructure facilities, staff pattern and appointments. However,  there is no time set for implementing the package. 

Blind? You can still donate your cornea

Fri, 09/09/2016 - 10:39 -- geeta.nair

JAIPUR: Visually impaired since childhood, Dinesh Gurjar, who could not himself see the colours of life, donated his eyes, cornea to be more precise, so that others can see after his death, dispelling the myth that a blind person cannot donate his eyes.

Dr Kulwant Gaur, an expert who encourages people to donate their eyes, said, "A blind person can still donate his cornea if he is not corneal blind."

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