Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Sciences
Vittala International Institute of Ophthal-
mology continues to run the pediatric
ophthalmology department at Indira Gandhi
Institute of Child Health Sciences, a
government run premier centre. By setting
up the ophthalmology department in this
centre, we cater to the needs of pediatric
patients from the eye point of view. Causes
of childhood blindness including uncorrected
refractive errors,
Amblyopia, congenital cataract, congenital
glaucoma, uveitis due to juvenile idiopathic
arthritis, ocular manifestations of other
systemic diseases are routinely screened for
and managed in children coming to this
hospital. We have screened about 23,798
children from jan 2017 to mar 2022. We run
an exclusive uveitis clinic in conjunction
with department of pediatric rheumatology to
identify ocular involvement in many
systemic inflammatory diseases which have
helped to adjust and monitor therapy in these
children. We have also conducted screening
camps for Hydroxychloroquine toxicity and
done visual fields and oct for 35 children free
of cost.
