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1992 20 million blind people all over the World 12 million in India -- 95% due to cataract related 2000 18.7 million blind people -- 9.7 million blindness cases related to Cataract- related 2010-2020 24.1 million by 2010 31.6 million by 2020
personnel 30 others.
--Hence realizing economies of scale Human resources ad training --Most of the doctors and nurses and other personal are trained from scratch internally Technology development --Lenses and instruments to operate --Aurolab for lenses and medication Exporting the eye care model --231 hospitals work on its model (188 in India and 43 elsewhere)
Success/Failure
Tamil nadu census 2001
--370,031 cataract surgeries were done in 2001-2002 --Government Hospitals -7.17% --Eye Camps -10.16% --Private clinics -7.86% --Nonprofit organization -74.82% Figures for other states --Andhra Pradesh (79.7%) --Orissa (79.3%) --Maharashtra (71.5%)
Problems in generalization
Obtaining appropriate technology at LOW cost
Achieving economies Patient education problems
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