Hyderabad: The government has allotted Rs 106.83 crore for a massive operation to screen 3.5 crore people in the state for refractive errors, cataract, gla-ucoma, eye infections, corneal disorders, diabetic retinopathy and vitamin D deficiency.
To detect these avoidable causes of blindness, a medical team comprising an optometrist, pharmacists, medical officer and data entry operator along with portable equipment and drugs will go from districts to districts. Camps will be set up in gram panchayats and in wards in urban areas.
The government will record their data so that they can be tracked for follow-up services like distribution of glasses and surgery if required.
As many as 27,000 folding phoropters will be used by the government for the programme.
