Fifteen-year-old Pushpita lives with her family just outside of Shivrampur, Namkhana in West Bengal, India. She has big dreams and knows that a good education will help make them come true, so she gives everything she’s got to succeed in her Grade 9 studies. But Pushpita’s ambitions are overshadowed with worry when she arrives at… Continue reading The Gift of Sight changes the trajectory
Category: Child Eye Health
Preventing blindness in premature infants with Dr. Ashi Khurana
Dr. Ashi Khurana, Vice-Chairman, C.L. Gupta Eye Institute is a cornea specialist and manages the Retinopathy of Prematurity Eradication Project. The project screens premature infants in Moradabad and five surrounding districts for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), which can cause irreversible blindness if left untreated. World Prematurity Day: Dr. Ashi Khurana, Vice-Chairman, C.L. Gupta Eye Institute… Continue reading Preventing blindness in premature infants with Dr. Ashi Khurana
Operation Eyesight India is Running in the Hyderabad Marathon
Operation Eyesight India is running in India’s second largest event – the NMDC Hyderabad Marathon – this August 25 to raise eye health awareness. The Operation Eyesight India team aims to raise INR 5,00,000 to provide school eye screenings and spectacles to students in need. Hyderabad, India, June 27, 2024 – All members of Operation Eyesight… Continue reading Operation Eyesight India is Running in the Hyderabad Marathon
This little one has a big future ahead
Look at those big, beautiful eyes! This is baby Aarsh, from a small village just outside Moradabad city, in Uttar Pradesh. At seven months old, he weighs about seven pounds – what many babies weigh at birth. Aarsh’s mother, Shabana, was only seven months pregnant when she delivered him prematurely. Little Aarsh had been in… Continue reading This little one has a big future ahead