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.
