Eye Q Super Speciality Eye Hospitals has launched two super-speciality centres of excellence for glaucoma and retina that will bring the latest technology and best of medical skills under one roof to benefit scores of Indians who need super specialist eye care.
Eye-Q Institute of Glaucoma will focus on the care and treatment of patients for common types of glaucoma as well as forms of the disease which require treatment not easily available in India. The institute will be led by Dr Devindra Sood, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, who has been practicing glaucoma exclusively for the last 16 years. Dr Sood along with his team of doctors who have been trained at Sankara Netralaya Chennai, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and the Aravind Eye Hospitals, Madurai, will provide practical and comprehensive glaucoma care.
Commenting on the launch of the Eye-Q Institute of Glaucoma, Dr Devindra Sood, Director, Glaucoma Services, Eye Q emphasised, “Eye Q Institute of Glaucoma will help provide increased awareness about glaucoma, prompt diagnosis and effective treatment under one roof.”
Prof N N Sood, Founder President, Glaucoma Society of India & Formerly, Professor of Ophthalmology & Head, Glaucoma Services, Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmological Sciences, AIIMS said, “The needs of a person with glaucoma are different from those with other eye diseases. I am glad that the initiative to provide wholesome and qualitative glaucoma care under one roof has finally been taken.” Eye-Q’s Institute of Retina will reportedly have the technological and medical expertise to manage complex medical cases as well as common diseases of the retina including retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy and macular diseases.
Dr Deependra Singh, Director, Retina Services, Eye Q stated, “Treatment of the eye, particularly of Retina, requires extreme caution and care. Our Institute with superior technology and team of experts is prepared to deal with complex surgeries and is committed to provide the best patient outcome.”
Eye-Q’s centres of excellence for retina and glaucoma is expected to offer expertise, advanced technology and personal care. Medical procedures will be accessible to the people at reasonable prices. From comprehensive screening examination, eye pressure tests to intricate surgeries, the institutes will reportedly offer one-stop solutions for glaucoma and retina patients, not just in Delhi but all over the country.
Dr. Ajay Sharma, CMD and Founder, Eye Q Hospitals, emphasised, “With the establishment of this facility and the two institutes, we hope to help raise overall standards of care in these two areas of super speciality. Our institutes are pioneering efforts and we are certain that people will benefit from the wide range of services we are offering,” He further added, “ Over time, we hope these institutes will become national centres of referral for glaucoma and retina patients, both through Eye-Q centres and other hospitals.”
EH News Bureau