Scenario of Blindness in India

Population

850 Million

Blindness

20 million blind eyes (2 million being added annually)

Main Cause

Cataract (75-80%) uniformly distributed

Ophthalmologist

8000 performing 1.2 million Cataract Operations/year

Eye Hospital
Medical
Infrastructure

42,200
Two-third skewed to the Urban areas where less than one
third of the nations population lived

The blindness Problem

6%

7%
20%

Africa
District Hospitals

425 offering free eye care and cataract Surgery

Revenue Allocated

Rs. 60 Million ($2milliion) for blindness prevention

Challenges

1. Proper Infrastructure
2. State of Art Equipment
3. Training Personnel

67%

Asia

VISION :
To Mass Market Cataract Surgery on a Global
perspective
Offer quality eye care at reasonable cost
Provide services to rich and poor alike
Dr. G. Venkataswamy
DREAM- Eradication of Needless Blindness
by creating a private, non profit eye
hospital that would provide quality eye care

NUMBER OF SURGERY IN 2002

2002
JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

CATARACT

1120

1280

1680

1520

2020

1480

1840

1480

1720

1560

1080

1500

18190

CORNEA

50

48

84

81

118

86

124

88

92

96

78

90

1032

GLAUCOMA

69

76

92

92

68

68

94

80

74

74

70

74

927

OCULOPLASTY

110

115

200

175

280

195

280

205

230

175

175

260

2416

PEDIATRIC

24

24

28

80

100

36

36

42

24

38

28

40

487

RETINA

85

80

140

110

150

115

100

105

100

120

85

110

1331

TOTAL

1472

1624

2022

2077

2735

1985

2483

2030

2236

2070

1560

2039

NUMBER OF SURGERY IN 2003

2003
JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

CATARACT

1240

1400

1640

1640

1920

1440

1700

1320

1680

1200

1200

1480

17922

CORNEA

73

63

94

86

115

78

96

96

106

72

70

105

1051

GLAUCOMA

76

102

98

118

94

92

86

84

88

92

92

112

1133

OCULOPLASTY

215

240

245

250

305

225

215

155

235

185

200

260

2765

PEDIATRIC

24

24

28

90

118

44

28

42

28

20

24

44

514

RETINA

135

115

440

150

140

110

125

160

150

110

120

140

1909

TOTAL

1768

1959

2540

2327

2693

2003

2264

1867

2288

1706

1733

2146

2004
JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

CATARACT

1120

1460

1580

1640

1740

1820

1880

1320

1580

1280

880

1700

18092

CORNEA

96

74

98

105

112

108

114

92

92

70

80

102

1139

GLAUCOMA

116

102

124

96

110

112

126

100

112

90

74

150

1320

OCULOPLASTY

185

220

250

235

330

230

310

235

235

225

240

290

2999

PEDIATRIC

20

32

20

80

120

58

40

36

42

38

28

40

547

RETINA

110

110

165

110

145

120

150

125

130

115

110

140

1546

TOTAL

1647

1988

2255

2250

2561

2465

2631

1906

2207

1796

1508

2429

SURGERY TIME (MINUTE)

SURGERY PER DAY

SURGERY PER MONTH

SURGERY PER YEAR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

CATARACT

10

20

36

18

1080

540

12960

6480

CORNEA

34

60

10

300

180

3600

2160

GLAUCOMA

20

25

18

14

540

420

6480

5040

OCULOPLASTY

23

40

15

450

270

5400

3240

PEDIATRIC

51

83

210

120

2520

1440

RETINA

64

94

150

120

1800

1440

2003
SURGERY TIME (MINUTE)

SURGERY PER DAY

SURGERY PER MONTH

SURGERY PER YEAR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

CATARACT

10

20

36

18

1080

540

12960

6480

CORNEA

34

60

10

300

180

3600

2160

GLAUCOMA

20

25

18

14

540

420

6480

5040

OCULOPLASTY

23

40

15

450

270

5400

3240

PEDIATRIC

51

83

210

120

2520

1440

RETINA

64

94

150

120

1800

1440

2004
SURGERY TIME (MINUTE)

SURGERY PER DAY

SURGERY PER MONTH

SURGERY PER YEAR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

SENIOR

JUNIOR

CATARACT

10

20

36

18

1080

540

12960

6480

CORNEA

34

60

10

300

180

3600

2160

GLAUCOMA

20

25

18

14

540

420

6480

5040

OCULOPLASTY

23

40

15

450

270

5400

3240

PEDIATRIC

51

83

210

120

2520

1440

RETINA

64

94

150

120

1800

1440

NUMBER OF SENIOR MO REQUIRED PER MONTH

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

CATARACT

1120

1.037037

1280

1.185185

1680

1.555556

1520

1.407407

2020

1.87037

1480

1.37037

1840

1.703704

1480

1.37037

1720

1.592593

1560

1.444444

1080

1500

1.388889

CORNEA

50

0.166667

48

0.16

84

0.28

81

0.27

118

0.393333

86

0.286667

124

0.413333

88

0.293333

92

0.306667

96

0.32

78

0.26

90

0.3

GLAUCOMA

69

0.127778

76

0.140741

92

0.17037

92

0.17037

68

0.125926

68

0.125926

94

0.174074

80

0.148148

74

0.137037

74

0.137037

70

0.12963

74

0.137037

OCULOPLASTY

110

0.244444

115

0.255556

200

0.444444

175

0.388889

280

0.622222

195

0.433333

280

0.622222

205

0.455556

230

0.511111

175

0.388889

175

0.388889

260

0.577778

PEDIATRIC

24

0.114286

24

0.114286

28

0.133333

80

0.380952

100

0.47619

36

0.171429

36

0.171429

42

0.2

24

0.114286

38

0.180952

28

0.133333

40

0.190476

TOTAL

RETINA

TOTAL SENIOR
MO

85

1.690212

1.855767

2.583704

2.617619

3.488042

2.387725

3.084762

2.467407

2.661693

2.471323

1.911852

2.59418

0.566667

80

0.533333

140

0.933333

110

0.733333

150

115

0.766667

100

0.666667

105

0.7

100

0.666667

120

0.8

85

0.566667

110

0.733333

NUMBER OF SENIOR MO REQUIRED PER MONTH

CATARACT

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

1240 1.148148

1400

1.296296

1640

1.518519

1640

1.518519

1920

1.777778

1440

1.333333

1700

1.574074

1320

1.222222

1680

1.555556

1200

1.111111

1200

1.111111

1480

1.37037

CORNEA

73

0.243333

63

0.21

94

0.313333

86

0.286667

115

0.383333

78

0.26

96

0.32

96

0.32

106

0.353333

72

0.24

70

0.233333

105

0.35

GLAUCOMA

76

0.140741

102

0.188889

98

0.181481

118

0.218519

94

0.174074

92

0.17037

86

0.159259

84

0.155556

88

0.162963

92

0.17037

92

0.17037

112

0.207407

OCULOPLAS
TY

215

0.477778

240

0.533333

245

0.544444

250

0.555556

305

0.677778

225

0.5

215

0.477778

155

0.344444

235

0.522222

185

0.411111

200

0.444444

260

0.577778

PEDIATRIC

24

0.114286

24

0.114286

28

0.133333

90

0.428571

118

0.561905

44

0.209524

28

0.133333

42

0.2

28

0.133333

20

0.095238

24

0.114286

44

0.209524

TOTAL

RETINA

TOTAL
SENIOR MO

135

2.124286

2.342804

2.691111

3.007831

3.574868

2.473228

2.664444

2.242222

2.727407

2.027831

2.073545

2.715079

0.9

115

0.766667

440

2.933333

150

140

0.933333

110

0.733333

125

0.833333

160

1.066667

150

110

0.733333

120

0.8

140

0.933333

NUMBER OF SENIOR MO REQUIRED PER MONTH

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

CATARAC
T

1120

1.037037

1460

1.351852

1580

1.462963

1640

1.518519

1740

1.611111

1820

1.685185

1880

1.740741

1320

1.222222

1580

1.462963

1280

1.185185

880

0.814815

1700

1.574074

CORNEA

96

0.32

74

0.246667

98

0.326667

105

0.35

112

0.373333

108

0.36

114

0.38

92

0.306667

92

0.306667

70

0.233333

80

0.266667

102

0.34

GLAUCO
MA

116

0.214815

102

0.188889

124

0.22963

96

0.177778

110

0.203704

112

0.207407

126

0.233333

100

0.185185

112

0.207407

90

0.166667

74

0.137037

150

0.277778

OCULOPL
ASTY

185

0.411111

220

0.488889

250

0.555556

235

0.522222

330

0.733333

230

0.511111

310

0.688889

235

0.522222

235

0.522222

225

0.5

240

0.533333

290

0.644444

PEDIATRI
C

20

0.095238

32

0.152381

20

0.095238

80

0.380952

120

0.571429

58

0.27619

40

0.190476

36

0.171429

42

0.2

38

0.180952

28

0.133333

40

0.190476

TOTAL

RETINA

TOTAL
SENIOR
MO

110

2.078201

2.428677

2.670053

2.949471

3.49291

3.039894

3.233439

2.407725

2.699259

2.266138

1.885185

3.026772

0.733333

110

0.733333

165

1.1

110

0.733333

145

0.966667

120

0.8

150

125

0.833333

130

0.866667

115

0.766667

110

0.733333

140

0.933333

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

TOTAL

2002

2003

2004

Predicted for 2005

Senior MO

Senior MO (N=23)

100% / 23

Junior MO (N=7)

10% / 1

Senior fellow (N=21)

Junior MO

90% / 6

10% / 2

24

Junior Fellow

EXIT

Junior Fellow (N= 10)

Total

Senior fellow

90% / 19

10% / 1

90% / 9

20