Introduction
The Department of Ophthalmology was established with the inception of Govt. Medical College Korba in the year 2021. The department comprises of separate outdoor and indoor units and provides both services. Approximately 25,000 patients are examined and treated annually. Every year around 2,100 eye surgeries (Cataract and extra ocular surgeries) are carried out. The Department also conduct awareness and screening camps regarding blindness due to Cataract, Glaucoma and Diabetic retinopathy etc.
Currently the department of Ophthalmology provides education to MBBS students, we follow the strict teaching curriculum.Currently the department of Ophthalmology provides education to MBBS students, we follow the strict teaching curriculum.
Objective
1. To offer an excellent standard in teaching.
2. To conduct research in clinical and community ophthalmology
3. To provide accessible, cost-effective, quality eye care.
4. To conduct awareness program on certain issues such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and eye donation etc.
Diagnostic facilities available
1. Refraction
2. Anterior segment examination with the help of slit-lamp
3. Posterior segment examination:
• Direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy.
• +78D/+90D slit lamp fundus biomicroscopy.
4. Gonioscopy
5. Keratometry
6. Tonometry
7. Automated Perimetry
Surgical facilities available
1. Phacoemulsification
2. Small incision cataract surgery
3. Pterygium excision with autograft
4. Entropion surgery.
5. Ectropion surgery
6. Ocular trauma: Lid laceration and corneo-scleral tear repair.
7. Chalazion removal
8. Evisceration
9. Dermoid excision
10. DCT
Equipments Availables
1. Operating microscope
2. Phacoemulsification machine
3. Slit-lamp
4. Autorefractometer
5. Keratometer
6. Fundus camera
7. Indirect ophthalmoscope
8. Direct ophhalmoscope
9. A- scan
10. Vision charts
11. Refraction set
12. Schiotz tonometer
13. Automated Perimeter
Infrastructure
1. Eye ward-03
2. Number of bed- 54
3. OPD clinic- 04
4. OT- 02 (Major and Minor)