Project – Drushti

Since September 2013, the SAAD Foundation has been working on a project called 'DRUSHTI.' It is being implemented in collaboration with a number of non-profit organisations and healthcare providers. We conducted eye camps with the association with D.Y Patil hospital. We are actively involved in conducting Eye Check-up Camps at various locations throughout Maharashtra as part of this project. Drushti focuses on raising health awareness, with a particular focus on the eyes, given the high prevalence of visually impaired people. Contributing to a better health status by working at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention and improving people's living standards. Preventing blindness among people and ensuring that senior citizens live dignified and self-reliant lives are the two main goals

Objective

• To prevent blindness among underprivileged communities.

• To increase awareness about causes of avoidable visual impairments and blindness.

• To provide outreach eye care services to the poor.

• To provide care and support to patients with eye diseases through free surgical management at tertiary care hospital

SERVICES RENDERED through DRUSHTI:

• Precision Eye Test (PET)

• Determination of the case history (Based on age, health patterns, lifestyle etc.)

• Refraction by Autorefractometer (Computer test)

• Subjective Refraction using Snellen’s 5 Chart

• Visual Acuity Test (Binocular distance vision test)

• Duo chrome Test (To check subjective refraction)

• Colour Vision Test (Test check colour blindness related to recognition of red & green colours)

• Study of General condition of the eye (Allergy, eye strain)

• Identification of the cataract

• Conduction required investigation for the cataract

• Counselling patients for the cataract

• Cataract operations

• Follow up post cataract operation