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Project Netra 2014 (Nov’14)

Donors Report

Cataract Surgery Camp conducted by The Vision Mission Singapore, in collaboration with Trilochan

Netralaya in November 2014 at location in Sambalpur, Odisha, India.

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"What dreams would he have, not seeing. Life a dream for

him. Where is the justice being born that way?”

- James Joyce, Ulysses

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Sambalpur is a remote location in the state of Odisha in India. In February 2014,

The Vision Mission was involved in a camp in this location to conduct 300 free

cataract surgeries across 3 camps. Following up from our very successful project,

we decided on doing 2 more mission trips this year, and try and restore eye-sight to

another 700 of the poorest. The first of the two trips was organized in November

2014, with 2 camps during which we conducted 350 free cataract surgeries for the

poorest people of the region. The second of these trips would be in December 2014

with a target of another 350 surgeries, thereby taking our total for the year to 1000.

About The Vision Mission

The Vision Mission is a Singapore-based non-profit organization started by doctors

and professionals, with the purpose of providing free eye care to those in need in

Southeast and South Asia. We seek to serve as a conduit enabling transnational

collaboration of dedicated ophthalmic experts in providing free high quality eye care

and surgery to patients in areas of need, with a view to eradicate treatable vision

impairment and allow eye care access to all. We wish to set up and operate

sustainable eye care programs focusing on treating cataracts in areas of need, in

collaboration with local ophthalmologists

About Trilochan Netralaya

Trilochan Netralaya (TN) was founded by Dr Shivaprasad Sahoo. TN and Dr

Shivaprasad have worked tirelessly and selflessly over the years in trying to

eradicate curable blindness in the region. TN has existing camps in Sambalpur and

Kalahandi, and therefore also possesses the methods to bring in people for camps.

In TN, The Vision Mission has found an ideal complementary partner for achieving

its objective.

About Sambalpur, and the need there

Sambalpur is a remote location in the state of Odisha in India. Odisha (formerly

Orissa) is among the poorer states in India. Odisha is home to a large tribal

populace, or Adivasis (known officially as Scheduled Tribes in India), and

Scheduled Castes. The western districts such as Kalahandi have a majority

population of SC/ST. Typically, the districts and its people tend to be the poorest,

with very little access to healthcare.

SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENT

350 Cataract surgeries

2 Camps

$13,953 Money Raised/Spent

Surgeries conducted

were primarily using the

SICS - Small (sutureless)

Incision Cataract

Surgery technique.

In Sambalpur town and

at Betty’s Ashram near

Hirakud.

From donors in

Singapore – both

individuals and

corporate.

SGD

MISSION TRIP DETAILS

Following from our successful trip in February 2014, we decided to do more

projects in Odisha to support the wonderful team at Trilochan Netralaya. We also

decided to go for a target of 1000 cataract surgeries over 2014, over 2 more projects

in November and December of 2014.

Our Last Trip in February 2014

In February 2014, we conducted 3 camps in Sambalpur and Bhawanipatna

(Kalahandi district) in Odisha State in India. We funded and conducted 300

cataract surgeries for the poorest. We also worked on complex cases for which the

local doctors wanted second opinions - from various subspecialties such as neuro-

ophthalmology, pediatric ophthalmology, cornea, glaucoma, uveitis and retina.

See our last Donors Report @

http://www.thevisionmission.org/docs/Donors%20Report%201.0%20(Project%20N

etra%202014).pdf

This Trip

We had 2 camp sites in Sambalpur

between 21-Nov-2014 to 30-Nov-2014.

The first location was Betty’s Ashram –

a quaint and remote facility a little off

Sambalpur town. The second location

was at TN’s hospital in Sambalur.

Across the 2 camps, we conducted 350

free cataract surgeries along with

helping with many other items.

A team of 3 comprising of Dr Chen Jianping, Avinash Jayaraman and Mohamed

Farook made the trip down from Singapore. The journey to Sambalpur was made

via a flight from Singapore to Kolkata, from where they took a train to Sambalpur.

http://www.thevisionmission.org/docs/Donors%20Report%201.0%20(Project%20Netra%202014).pdf

http://www.thevisionmission.org/docs/Donors%20Report%201.0%20(Project%20Netra%202014).pdf

The Objectives of this Mission Trip included:

To conduct 350 cataract surgeries using the Small Incision Cataract Surgery technique (SICS)

To support the doctors in Sambalpur in their initiatives

To follow up from our last trip as and how required

To follow up on our set up of subspecialty services in glaucoma and retina

To follow up on our set up of Tele-medicine system

To train a team of optometrists

The Next Trip

The Next trip is to be undertaken from 13th December to 20th December 2014. A

team of extremely gifted and experienced surgeons from Singapore – Dr Rupesh

Agrawal, Consultant Ophthalmologist at National Healthcare Group Eye Institute at

Tan Tock Seng Hospital; Adj Assoc Prof Shamira Perera who is Senior Consultant

at the Singapore National Eye Centre; Arun Kumar Narayanaswamy who is with

the SNEC & Singapore Eye Research Institute.

350 Project Netra 1000

November 2014 350

1000 Total for

Year 2014 650

350 Project Netra 1000

December 2014

300 Project Netra

February 2014 300

achieved so far

Target

Mission Trip Achieved

This Trip

HOW WE HAVE HELPED

Free Cataract Surgeries

350 free cataract surgeries were

conducted in Sambalpur through the

camps funded by The Vision Mission,

and its benefactors. We present some

specific cases studies in the page to

follow. These people in Sambalpur spent

years of their life suffering without the

benefit of proper sight, because they did

not have the equivalent of $30 to cure themselves. They can now see! The donors

money helped fund not just the surgery, but also the following:

- Travel costs for bring the patients to the camp, and then back to their village

- Stay and Accommodation – for the purpose of rest and recuperation. Given

that the villages are a 100 kms away, it would not be possible for the

patients to go back home and them return 3 days later for their Post-Op

checkup. Therefore, facilities need to be in place to ensure they can stay at

the camp.

- Food – during their stay at the camp

- Lenses

- Cost of nurses and other staff

- Cost of equipment, medicines

Some case studies in the following page:

Sapura Bhoi: lives alone in the village of Salesing.

With her husband no more, and a daughter married

off and living far away, Sapura lives off on the Rs 300

pension provided by the government. She has been

blind in both eyes due to cataracts for over 5 years.

Needless to say, fending for herself would have not

been easy. Sapura’s story might sound grim, but her

spirit is far from that. Sapura will come back in 3

months time to get her next eye fixed.

Gopal: Little Gopal is aged 8, and suffered from

bilateral congenital cataracts. The team led by Dr

Shiva operated on him. Gopal is a vivacious young

lad and readily engaged in banter with the staff

whilst on the operating table. Gopal likes school,

gave us an impromptu rendition of ABCD, and spoke

of how he gets served eggs two times a week on the

mid-day meal scheme.

Ramba Sahoo: has no children or husband. She has

been alone, and living with her nephew. She too has

been blind on both eyes. She came over to the camp

to get her right eye operated. She spoke about how

she felt great to be finally able to see again. Ramba

was extremely thankful for the free surgery camp

without which she had no hope.

Neura: Baby Neura is Gopal’s (see above) younger

brother. Just like Gopal, Neura is unable to see on

both eyes. Given that Neura is just above a year old,

the operation needed to be performed under general

anaesthesia. The operation took about 30 minutes on

the whole to do, and was successful. Neura will be

able to see again, and will not be condemned to a

lifetime of blindness.

Outpatients and Other

Ophthalmic Assistance

Dr Shiva also has an outpatient

clinic facility where patients with a

wide range of conditions are seen by

himself and fellow doctors. However,

there are many such cases where

they need expert assistance. We

were able to provide clinical input on

some of their difficult cases, and

refer others over to hospitals and

doctors in Bhubaneswar and Singapore.

Tele-Ophthalmology Setup

We helped in setting up a Tele-Ophthalmology unit using the Forus 3nethra system

at TN. With this, regardless of their location, doctors and technicians will be able to

take high definition photographs of a patient's anterior and posterior segments,

and subsequently upload these images onto a cloud server. From there, designated

foreign Ophthalmologists will receive this report and be able to give their expert

opinion. The idea through this is to help TN get assistance for patients at any point

in time, and not have to wait for the next team to come on a mission trip.

Optometry and Refraction Training

Mohamed Farook held a 5 day training session for paramedical personnel at TN in

vision examination and refraction. It

was a huge task as we had less than

a week of contact time. The biggest

challenge was the language barrier

as the students spoke very basic

English, if at all. Nevertheless, the

five of them were very enthusiastic.

As they had some exposure in vision

examination, they understood basic

principles by end of the training

session.

MEET THE TEAM

The Vision Mission Team from Singapore

Dr Chen Jianping is

an Ophthalmology

Resident at Tan Tock

Seng Hospital.

Jianping has always

wanted to be involved

in humanitarian

work, even before he

entered medical

school, and therefore

seized this chance to

volunteer for this

mission trip.

Mohamed Farook is a

Senior Optometrist at

Singapore National Eye

Centre (SNEC). Farook

has been a regular

volunteer at various

mission trips. Here in

Sambalpur, he is

training up an eager

batch of future

optometrists and is

bringing in global best

practises in the field.

Avinash Jayaraman

is a co-founder of The

Vision Mission.

Avinash was also

involved in TVM’s

maiden trip to

Sambalpur in

February this year. He

has been handling

documentation of the

trip and its activities,

with photographs,

videos and write-ups.

Dr Shivaprasad Sahoo is the founder

and chief surgeon at Trilochan

Netralaya. He has worked tirelessly and

selflessly over the years in trying to

eradicate curable blindness in the

region.

Trilochan Netralaya, Odisha, India

PHOTOSPREAD

Betty’s Ashram in Sambalpur

The TN and TVM Team

More photos at:

https://www.facebook.com/thevisionmission

Patients helping each other with eye drops

Mohamed Farook with his class of trainee optometrists,

and Dr Shiva

Patients resting outside Betty’s Ashram

Patients being prepared for surgery

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FUTURE PROJECTS

Over a few rounds of discussions with Dr Shiva, and other people on the ground,

we worked out the following possible future initiatives:

(1) The Providing sub-speciality expertise. Sambalpur still needs to have regular

visits by sub-speciality ophthalmologists to help deal with specific and

unique cases. This includes doctors having expertise in glaucoma and

phacoemulsification.

(2) Get a glaucoma training program started. Adj Assoc Prof Shamira Perera, a

Senior Consultant in the glaucoma department of SNEC and Dr Arun

Narayanaswamy who has many years of experience in the subspecialty

through his work in Sankara Nethralaya and SNEC, will guide Dr Shiva

through glaucoma clinical and surgical management principles. Next year we

intend to arrange a local fellowship program in Glaucoma for the local TN

team in glaucoma.

(3) Funding a further 1000-2000 surgeries per year. We started this year with

300, and scaled it up to 1000. Moving ahead we hope to do 2000 for the year

2015, to ensure the good work does not stop, and to ensure that we can

forever eradicate curable blindness from the region.

LOOKING TO THE ROAD AHEAD!

LIST OF PATIENTS

Patient names are blanked out for privacy reasons. Please contact us for a full list:

jayant@ / jason@ / avinash@ thevisionmission.org

SL No Patient's Name MR No Age Sex

Pre OP Vision

Type of Surgery Operated

Eye

Post OP Vision

RE LE 1 Day 7 Day

01 ----- ----- F7782 60 F 6/60 5/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 5/60 6/60

02 ----- ----- F7783 61 F PL 6/18P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/12

03 ----- ----- F7784 70 F 3/60 3/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/36 6/36


05 ----- ----- F7786 65 F 2/60 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/12

06 ----- ----- F7787 68 M 5/60 6/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18


08 ----- ----- F7789 65 M PL 6/18P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12 6/12

09 ----- ----- F7790 60 M 6/60 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24

10 ----- ----- F7791 70 F 4/60 5/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P

11 ----- ----- F7792 68 F 6/24P PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24 6/24

12 ----- ----- F7793 60 F 1/60 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24

13 ----- ----- F7794 72 F PL PL SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/12

14 ----- ----- F7795 70 F 5/60 5/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24P 6/24

15 ----- ----- F7796 80 F HM 1/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/12



18 ----- ----- F7799 80 M PL 6/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24 6/24

19 ----- ----- F7800 52 M 2/60 2/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24P 6/18P


21 ----- ----- F7802 70 F 4/60 HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/36 6/24

22 ----- ----- F7803 70 M 3/60 3/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12


24 ----- ----- F7806 62 F HM 6/24 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/12


26 ----- ----- F7808 70 M 6/18P 6/36P SICS WITH IOL LE 6/6P 6/6

27 ----- ----- F7809 63 M 6/18 2/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/12

28 ----- ----- F7810 67 M 6/9 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/6 6/6

29 ----- ----- F7811 64 M 6/60 2/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18P

30 ----- ----- F7812 75 M PL 1/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12P

31 ----- ----- F7813 70 M PL 2/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24P 6/24




35 ----- ----- F7817 75 M 2/60 5/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12 6/12




39 ----- ----- F7821 62 F 1/60 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24P 6/24

40 ----- ----- F7822 80 M 6/36P 6/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12 6/12


42 ----- ----- F7824 57 M 2/60 6/6P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/9 6/6





47 ----- ----- F7829 75 M 6/36P 6/36 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12P 6/12

48 ----- ----- F7830 68 M 6/12P 3/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P

49 ----- ----- F7831 64 M 6/18 HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/9 6/6





54 ----- ----- F7836 80 M 6/60 6/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P

55 ----- ----- F7837 70 M PL NOPL SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24 6/24



58 ----- ----- F7840 65 M 4/60 3/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/9P 6/6




62 ----- ----- F7844 52 F 2/60 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12

63 ----- ----- F7845 69 F 6/60 1/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24P 6/24





68 ----- ----- F7850 60 F 4/60 4/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18


70 ----- ----- F7852 65 F PL 6/18 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24P 6/24

71 ----- ----- F7853 50 F 3/60 3/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18P


73 ----- ----- F7855 65 F PL PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/36P 6/24

74 ----- ----- F7856 68 M 6/18P 2/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18




78 ----- ----- F7860 70 F PL PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/60 6/36





83 ----- ----- F7865 70 M PL 2/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/12P



86 ----- ----- F7868 70 M PL 6/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 1/60









95 ----- ----- F7879 60 F 6/18P 6/36P SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12










105 ----- ----- F7889 63 F 6/60 6/24P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P


107 ----- ----- F7891 60 F 6/60 6/12 CATARCT WITH

PTERYGIUM RE 6/12P 6/12

108 ----- ----- F7892 65 F HM 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24 6/24



111 ----- ----- F7895 9 M 6/36 6/12P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P 6/18




115 ----- ----- F7900 70 F 6/24P 2/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/18


117 ----- ----- F7903 60 M HM 1/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12P 6/12

118 ----- ----- F7910 70 F 6/36P 6/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P


120 ----- ----- F7912 80 F 6/36 6/36 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18

121 ----- ----- F7913 62 F 2/60 NOPL SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24P









130 ----- ----- F7926 70 M 3/60 3/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/60





135 ----- ----- F7931 80 M 6/36 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24

136 ----- ----- F7932 76 M 1/60 1/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/36P 6/18P




140 ----- ----- F7936 60 M HM HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/36 6/24

141 ----- ----- F7937 80 M 3/60 3/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/60 6/36P

142 ----- ----- F7938 65 M 6/9P PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24 6/24



145 ----- ----- F7941 70 M 3/60 HM SICS WITH IOL RE 2/60 6/60




149 ----- ----- F7945 70 F 6/12P 2/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12


151 ----- ----- F7948 65 F PL 1/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/60 6/36




155 ----- ----- F7952 50 M HM 6/36 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12 6/12




159 ----- ----- F7965 60 M 6/24P 6/36P SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/12





















180 ----- ----- F7906 75 F 5/60 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18P



183 ----- ----- F7909 80 M PL PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/60 6/36







190 ----- ----- F7955 65 M 6/24P HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12







197 ----- ----- F7964 72 M 6/9P 6/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/6P 6/6


199 ----- ----- F7968 70 M HM 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/18





204 ----- ----- F7978 70 F PL 5/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/36P 6/24

205 ----- ----- F7980 65 F 6/60 6/24P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24 6/24




209 ----- ----- F7986 75 F 6/60 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24



212 ----- ----- F7989 50 F 6/24 HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/18






218 ----- ----- F7996 65 F 6/24P 5/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24




222 ----- ----- F8008 65 F PL 6/18P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12P

223 ----- ----- F8009 69 F 2/60 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12 6/12









232 ----- ----- F8018 65 M HM 3/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P





237 ----- ----- F8023 70 F PL PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/60 6/36

238 ----- ----- F8024 65 M HM 5/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18




242 ----- ----- F8028 60 F 6/18P 3/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12 6/12






248 ----- ----- F8034 60 F PL 6/24 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18



251 ----- ----- F8037 65 F 6/24P PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18P






257 ----- ----- F8043 16 M PL 1/60 SICS WITH IOL RE HM


259 ----- ----- F8045 55 M HM 6/24P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/36 6/36

260 ----- ----- F8046 60 M 3/60 HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/36P 6/36



263 ----- ----- F8051 65 F 6/24 6/36P SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24 6/24






269 ----- ----- F8057 77 M 6/24 PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12











280 ----- ----- F8069 60 M 6/24P 3/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18

281 ----- ----- F8070 60 M 6/60 HM SICS WITH IOL LE HM











292 ----- ----- F8081 60 F 6/18 HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P

293 ----- ----- F8082 70 M PL 6/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12P

294 ----- ----- F8083 60 F 6/9P PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12

295 ----- ----- F8084 65 M PL PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18P






301 ----- ----- F8090 80 F HM HM SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P

302 ----- ----- F8091 70 F PL 6/18P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/18




306 ----- ----- F8095 75 F PL 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18P 6/18


308 ----- ----- F8097 60 F HM 6/36P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18


310 ----- ----- F8099 70 F PL 1/60 SICS WITH IOL RE 6/36





315 ----- ----- F8104 65 F HM PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18P 6/12




319 ----- ----- F8108 60 M 6/36P 6/24P SICS WITH IOL RE 6/12P







326 ----- ----- F8115 24 M HM 2/60 SICS WITH IOL LE 6/24



329 ----- ----- F8118 61 M 6/24P PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/9 6/6

330 ----- ----- F8119 80 M CFC CFC SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24 6/24

331 ----- ----- F8120 7 M 6/60 6/60 SICS WITH IOL RE HM



334 ----- ----- F8123 12 M 1/60 HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/6P


336 ----- ----- F8125 60 M HM HM SICS WITH IOL RE 6/18 6/12




340 ----- ----- F8129 75 M NOPL HM SICS WITH IOL LE 6/12P 6/12






346 ----- ----- F8135 80 F 6/24P PL SICS WITH IOL LE 6/18 6/18

347 ----- ----- F8136 65 M 6/36 PL SICS WITH IOL RE 6/24 6/24




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