L V Prasad Eye Institute opens in Berhampur, Odisha

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 13 December, 2015 sought cooperation from private hospitals for providing quality health services to the poor. The government is committed to provide quality health services to the poor people. Private hospitals should also cooperate with the state to provide quality health services, Patnaik said after inaugurating L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Berhampur. Besides residents of the area, people of other adjoining districts will be benefited and get proper treatment for their eye ailment at the Centre, the chief minister said, while urging the hospital authorities to provide free treatment to the poor people.

We hope the new eye hospital will help government in reducing the percentage of blindness in the state, state’s health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said.

The new facility happens to be LVPEI's 15th secondary centre and the third in Odisha. The LVPEI set up the Arjun Waney Eye Centre at Berhampur in partnership with Savitri Waney Charitable Foundation and Mission for Vision. The Arjun Waney Eye Centre at Berhampur marks the augmentation of LVPEI s services in the state, which began in 2006 at Bhubaneswar.

According to Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Founder and Chairperson, L V Prasad Eye Institute, These Eye Centres in Odisha will be a continuum to LVPEI s vision of providing good quality, permanent and affordable eye care for rural India. The Berhampur eye care facility will be a part of LVPEI network and provide high quality comprehensive eye care services to all, irrespective of their socio-economic status.

Dr Taraprasad Das, Vice Chairman, LVPEI said quality eye care brought to the door step of people of Ganjam and neibouring area, will further augment the institutes commitment to the state. It will augment similar effort in the districts of Sundergarh and Rayagada eye care facilities opened earlier this year.