The LV Prasad Eye Institute has launched a Rural Eye Health Centre in Bhubhaneswar with funding from the Indian Oil Corporation.
The Union Minister of State, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Centre today at a function. The Indian Oil had offered an assistance of Rs 2 crore to the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) as part of its CSR contribution for setting up the ‘Indian Oil Centre for Rural Eye Health’.
The MOU was signed between the two in March last year.
The Indian Oil-(LVPEI) Center for Rural Eye Health (CREH) located at the LVPEI Bhubaneswar campus is designed to provide solutions to visual impairment in rural Odisha. This center will coordinate with the secondary and primary eye care centers under the LVPEI Community Eye Health and Outreach services.
The Hyderabad-headquartered LVPEI has translated its pyramidal model of eye care delivery in Odisha with the first secondary centre in Rajgangpur, the OCL Eye Care Centre established in 2015. The secondary centre is serving people from western Odisha and the neighbouring Jharkhand state, according to a press release.
The second secondary centre was established at Rayagada, one of the backward and Tribal districts of Odisha. The third one is at Berhampur, which was inaugurated in December 2015. All these secondary centres are aimed to serve the 5 lakhs population of the service delivery areas without compromising the quality and equity.