Sankara Eye Foundation India is a Coimbatore based organisation, which runs a chain of super specialty affordable and quality eye care hospitals across India. The Sankara Eye Foundation has been recognized for its service to humanity, both Nationally and Internationally.
Sankara Eye Care hospitals offer total care specialty services for eye in various preventive, rehabilitative and curative methods.
The Sankara Eye bank is a very special unit of the Sankara Eye Foundation. The specialist team works day in and out to bring light into the eyes of millions of people. The eyes of the donors can prove to be the gift of sight to many individuals who were staying in dark instead. The corneal transplant can take place by a procedure where the opaque cornea of the blind can be replaced by the transparent cornea of the eyes of the human donors. Generally, the eyes of the donors are collected within 6 hours of death. The eye removal process takes about 10 minutes of time and shall not intervene in the general funeral rituals. The closest relative of the deceased person can also convey their desire of donating the eyes of the deceased. In this case, they must have to sign some consent forms after contacting the nearest Sankara Eye Care centre. Now, the eye banks generally operate in Shimoga, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Guntur and Anand. But SECI are working forward to include eye banks in all of its centers.
The Bhojraj Chanrai super speciality Eye care hospital at Shimoga in Karnataka, is a unit of the Sankara eye Foundation. It is built in 5.5 acres of land & is a 225 bedded hospital. At present the hospital employs over 20 doctors including Ophthalmologist’s, 6 fellows in Opthalmology,2 DNB students,4 from General medicine and 115 administrative and Paramedic staff. The hospital has both paying and non-paying sections. The non-paying section conducts around 450 surgeries per annum.
As a part of our noble activities, the Seth Bhojraj Hassomal Charitable Trust has entered into a strong partnership with the Sankara Eye Foundation, to support their effort in correcting avoidable blindness in India. The Trust has donated a substantial amount, towards the infrastructure and equipment expenses of the Bhojraj Chanrai Super Speciality Eye Care Hospital at Shimoga in Karnataka.
Mr. Eswarappa is 78 years old and lives with his wife in Haranahalli – Shimoga District. He has 3 daughters and a son. All of his children are married and settled in faraway villages. His only contact with them is during festivals or yearly functions. Several years ago, he had taken up pot making as a profession. For this he had set up a pottery in his backyard and had become quite adept at making pots. He would create more than 20 pots a day, which he would sell on a weekly basis in the village market. This is how he managed to support himself and his wife.
However, his pot of luck changed for the worse in the beginning of the previous year, when the vision in his right eye started to blur, and he could no longer see objects at a distance clearly. This affected both his output and ability to move about the village. Within a few months his output dropped by 50% and the few pots that he did manage to create were not in the proper shape. The situation was worsened by the fact that he could no longer go about the village marketing his wares.
Mr. Eswarappa tried to remedy the situation by seeking medical help. He visited a PHC in his village, where he was diagnosed with cataract on his right eye and referred to the district headquarters for surgery. As the district headquarters was far away, and none of his children stayed close to him, it was not possible for him to visit the hospital alone given his old age and poor sight. Nor could he afford the cost of the treatment, which was another reason not to visit the hospital.
6 months later his luck changed when he heard about a free eye camp through an auto rikshaw announcement by SECI – Shimoga. Concurrently a few of the SECI beneficiaries from the village also advised him to attend the outreach camp. He attended the outreach camp at Haranahalli and underwent cataract surgery. Post-surgery his eye sight improved significantly.
Mr. Eswarappa was touched with the good care he got during the hospitalization. He stated that he might not have got such wonderful treatment, even if he had availed of paid services from other hospitals. He thanked and appreciated the team who provided the free treatment. His wife was happy with his good vision, and now he is back to shaping his pot of luck as best he can.
Shoba Krishnan’s life was not an easy one. She had polio in both her legs; her husband was no more; her elder daughters were married and had moved out and at age 45 the responsibility of bringing up her youngest daughter and looking after her aged parents needs feel solely on her shoulders.
She coped with the situation by running a petty shop in her village of Kolala, which is about 200 kilometers from Bangalore city, in Karnataka. Kolala was an agrarian village without much else to do. Shobha ran her petty shop her to feed her family, till things took a turn for the worse. She developed cataract in her eyes.
Instead of helping her get by, the customers who came to her shop took advantage of her poor vision. They would pay for a low value item like Beetle leaf and silently stole things worth more. In addition to her poor vision, the fact that her earnings were diminishing more, greatly distressed her. She would request her aged mother to sit by her side at the shop, to keep an eye on the customers. Which was challenging for the old woman. Later due to poor vision Shoba also had a bad fall and injured herself.
One day an auto rickshaw went by her shop, publicly announcing about the free outreach camp being conducted at Kolala by Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangalore and distributed pamphlets. She visited the camp, where her eyes were examined and she was referred to the base hospital for surgery.
Post-surgery her vision returned to normal. She was once again able to carry out her personal household activities, and also run the shop normally. Her daily earnings improved, which was a blessing for her, her daughter and her parents.
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