Lotus Vision Research Trust

Community Projects

Lotus Eye Care Hospital joins hands with Lions Club of Pollachi Liberty and inducted the unique project Ilam Vizhigal (Youth Eye Care) Project for the student community. This project aims to cover 25,000 students in the first phase began January 2006. The aim is to create awareness among the Teachers, students and their families on various eye problems and also on the importance of screening for early detection and timely treatment. The fully equipped medical team would visit all the schools and colleges in Pollachi, Udumalpet and Valparai areas. Treatment would be provided at free of cost to poor students who had refractive error, congenital cataract, colour blindness and squint. This noble project was inaugurated on January 28, 2006 at Pollachi and Dr.Selva K.Sundaramoorthy was honored for completing 12,500 lasik procedures by Shri.V.Jayaraman, Minister for Food & Co-operatives, Govt.of Tamilnadu.

Life Time Vision Project: Lotus Vision Research Trust and Lotus Eye Care Hospital have stared Life Time Vision innovative project – set up an exclusive Diabetic Eye Care Unit (which is the first of its kind in the country) for serving diabetic patients in a better and speedier way.

Life Time Vision Project

The main aim is to educate and create awareness to prevent avoidable blindness and to promote the importance of early diagnosis and treatment of eye ailments like Diabetic retinopathy and Glaucoma.

First aid awareness about eye injuries.

Creating awareness of the nutrition & eye diseases.

Concession treatment for those who cannot afford full cost of treatment with the help of Lotus Vision Research Trust, Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, Help Foundation, USA.,

Crystal Clear Vision Project - Associated with Rotary Club of Tirupur and Tirupur Exporters Association:

Lotus Eye Care Hospital in association with Rotary Club of Tirupur and Tirupur Exporters Association dedicates Crystal Clear Vision Project for the people involved in the knitting industry.

The objective of the project is

• Preventive eye check ups.
• For persons above 40 yrs of age distance & near vision check up.
• Color vision check up.
• First aid awareness about eye injuries.
• Creating awareness of the common illness.
• Free eye screening for the employees in their work place.
• Providing concessional treatment for those who cannot afford full cost of treatment with the help of Lotus Vision Research Trust.
• Providing free treatment with the help of Rotary Club of Tirupur for genuinely poor people.

Lotus medical team in a vehicle with eye testing equipments will visit to the door step of knitting & dyeing units. Persons will be examined for optical errors, presbyopia, color vision, cataract, glaucoma, squint, retinal disease including diabetic eye diseases. After thorough eye examination an identity card will be issued to patient with detailed vision and eye disease parameters.

Golden Eye Care Services

“the human organs, eyes were one of the sensitive and important organs. Therefore the senior citizens to understand problems relating to ageing”.

Swami Dayananda Saraswati of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Anaikatti, launched the Golden Eye Care Services Project of

Lotus Eye Care Hospital in April 2011.

About the Golden Eye Care Services

Senior Citizens are a treasure to our society. They have worked hard all these years for the development of the nation as well as the community. They possess a vast experience in different walks of life. The youth of today can gain from the experience of the senior citizens in taking the nation to greater heights. At this age of their life, they need to be taken care of and made to feel special. Lotus salutes for their services to the nation and community. To recognize their contribution Lotus is pride to offer free eye check up services and treatment if required at concessional rate during this period.

The loss of vision and eye diseases like Cataract, Glaucoma, Retina and age related macular degeneration are major eye problems of the elderly. Early check up and timely treatment would prevent from the loss of vision.
Cataracts should not be taken lightly; the disease clouds the lens in the eye that affects our vision. As we get older we sometimes develop protein that bundles together and clouds a small area of the lens which over time can grow even bigger and seriously impair our vision. Some symptoms are bad night vision and blurry vision. Fortunately, cataracts can be removed with surgery if necessary.
Diabetic Eye Disease: Diabetic eye disease should be taken very seriously, it can actually cause blindness.  Many of us with diabetes mellitus may not even be aware that we have the disease. The sudden shifts and changes in blood sugar can cause vision to become very blurry. To combat and possibly prevent diabetic eye disease we should always strive to maintain a proper weight with regular exercise and good healthy eating. Also stay away from smoking at all times.
Glaucoma is a silent killer of vision. This condition is marked by increased intraocular pressure and decreased visual function. Treatment for glaucoma may include medications or surgery. If there is a family history of the condition or it is diagnosed, your eye doctor may recommend that you get eye exams twice per year.
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD): This condition involves deterioration of the macular (the most sensitive part of the retina, responsible for the central field of vision), is progressive and can lead to serious vision loss or even total blindness. The  risk factors include a family history of the disease, smoking and obesity. Women and Caucasians also have an increased risk of developing AMD.

Lotus Eye Hospital and Institute is offering free Ophthalmic consultation and 10% special concession on investigation and treatment to the Senior Citizens.

Sarkarai Kangal Thittam

Lotus is conducting mass diabetic blindness awareness and screening drive to educate and screen diabetics for diabetic eye disease.

The awareness about diabetic eye disease and visual loss is very poor among diabetics. Early diagnosis and timely treatment of diabetic eye disease will save eye sight for the rest of the life. The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in India varies between 22.6% and 34.1% and the diabetic blindness accounts for 3% of the total blindness in the country. Diabetic retinopathy can be easily detected by simple eye examination in the beginning even before the vision is affected and cost effective laser treatment will prevent further visual loss.

At Lotus, diabetic patients are clinically examined by retinal specialists in the diabetic eye unit with slit lamp bio microscopy and indirect ophthalmoscope. Patients having evidence of diabetic retinopathy are subjected to a simple test like Fundus Fluorescein Angiogram and OCT which together takes less than 30 minutes. Based on these reports patients undergo further treatment.

The Medical team from Lotus is visiting to all the Diabetologists Clinic and offering free Diabetic eye check up for the diabetics