Sponsors for mega eye camps
Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama
Eye Care Division ( Saraswati Hospital Premises)
“Project -
Sight to the Sightless”
No. 39, 8th ‘B’ Main
Road, BSK 2nd Stage, Bengaluru – 560070,
A Reg. Charitable
Trust
Ref. No.
Date:
Dear Sir,
We, of Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama conduct free Mga eye
camps in the Hydarabad Karnataka districts of Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal and Bellari
where incidence of cataract & backlog cases are high and needs immediate
attention. We conduct our free eye camps with the association of a local sponsor.
We have conducted 3777 surgeries during 17-18. Normally we plan to conduct 5000
free IOL cataract surgeries in an year, tIll now we have completed 45226 free
IOL CATARACT SURGERIES Mostly in Hydarabad Karnataka region, where pending
backlog cases are in sufficient numbers.
Sevashrama is preparing the plan of action for the year
2018-19. We want expand our activities to new places where their is need for
mega cataract surgery camps.
1. We need a
sponsor who will accept the responsibility of organizing the camp near their
place.
a.
We need a good hospital with sterile OT and good
wards.
b.
Normall we conduct surgery in Government Taluk
Hospitals with the permission of DHO and District programme manager, Blindness
control division of the concerned district.
c.
The organizers must be able to mobilise 250 to 300 cataract patients with mature cataract
who needs immediate surgery in the camp.
d.
The organizers are required to make arrangements
for feeding the patients and their attendants for three days
e.
They are also expected to take care of the boarding
and loadging requirements of the surgical team and government hospital staff on
duty.
f.
The sponsor will arrange for volunteers to work at
the camp for three days including loading and unloading our goods vehicle which
carries all the equipment from our base hosspital
g.
They will have to coordinate the cataract surgery
camp activities with the government hospital and Sri Vivekananda Sevashrama and
other organizations so that the surgery will be conducted in a smooth way and
the patients will not encounter any problems.
h.
The expenses of conducting one cataract sugery is
around Rs. 2500 rupees. Government grant is only Rs. 600 when the surgery is
done in a government hospital. Sevashrama needs sponsors to cover the extra
cost of Rs. 1900 per patient and for a camp of 200 patients it will be
Rs.3,80,000 excluding the govt. grant. We approach HelpAge india and other
organizations to sponsor the cataract surgeries. We will be thankful for the
local sponsor for any assistance by way of cash or kind to conduct the camp. We
do not collect any money from the patients at the camps. The surgery is totally
free along with medicines required for six weeks till the eye returns to
normal. WE also supply dark glasses for use after surgery.
i.
We do not associate with political parties and
politicians for conducting mega free IOL cataract surgery camps. We prefer
NGO’s who have clean record and are interested in humanitarian service.
j.
We prepare a programme for the coming year in March
itself with the general consent of the local sponsors who have already
conducted the eye camps in the previous years.
k.
We would like to serve new areas and newer people
in new localities where there are backlog cases.
l.
Let us join hands and serve the needs of the
sightless people through our project sight to the sightless.
m.
You can also join your hands to help school
children who are suffering from vision defects and other eye defects which need
surgical correction free of cost at our Mysuru center. We also supply free
spectacles for school children after school children vision testing camps in
government schools.
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