Cuttack, Jan 14: JPM Rotary Club of Cuttack Eye Hospital & Research Institute, one of the premier eye hospital in the state of Odisha is all set to observe its Silver Jubilee celebrations on Jan 14 and 15. A press conference was organised on the eve of Silver Jubilee Celebration in the Hospital premises on Jan 12, 2017. Rtn. PP. Sushanta Mohanty, President, JPM Rotary Eye Hospital, Rtn. PP. Manoj Kumar Mishra, Chairman, Rotary Club of Cuttack Charitable Trust and Rtn. PP. Dr. Raghubir Das graced the occasion and made an announcement of the event. Hon’ble Governor of Odisha Dr.SC Jamir is scheduled to grace the Silver Jubilee celebration to be held on Jan 14, 2017. Among others Rotarians and the staff members of the Hospital were also present.
Speaking on the occasion Rtn. PP. Sushanta Mohanty, President Organizing Committee of the Institute said “JPM Rotary Club of Cuttack Eye Hospital & Research Institute is one of the leading eye care centres in Eastern India and the hospital is equipped with State–of-Art equipment to undertake hi-tech eye surgeries and other diagnostic tests required for eye care. From a very modest beginning in 1992, this institution has grown by leaps and bounds to become a leading Eye Care solution for the community. Adding to this, he also said for all the initiatives taken by us to alleviate preventable blindness at nominal costs, we have been recognized as a Center of Excellence by Sightsavers and this hospital is one of the leading permanent projects of Rotary in R.I. Dist 3262. ”
Mr. Alok Kumar Sahoo, Administrative Officer of the Hospital convened the meeting and Dr. Santosh Kumar Mahapatra, Chief Medical Officer focused on different activities of the Hospital being organised as part of commemoration of Silver Jubilee Celebration of the hospital.
As part of the Silver Jubilee Celebration recently JPM has organized several rallies in order to spread awareness about Eye Care and Eye Donation. It has also planned to conduct more and more eye camps to bring the under privileged sections of our Society especially in rural under the ambit of affordable eye care treatment in future also.
It may be noted here that not only the surgeries are conducted at the hospital, but also the cataract surgery camps are organised by the hospital in Jharkhand and different remote areas of Odisha. On an average 300 OPD patients a day are treated and about 10,000 operations are conducted a year.
