Children’s Eye Care Services (Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus services) at Aravind Eye Hospitals provide comprehensive services to children aged below 16 years, and is well recognized as one of the best services, both nationally and internationally.
Aravind centres at Madurai, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Pondicherry and Chennai offer this service.
Children’s Eye Care Clinics at Aravind are well-equipped with the state-of-the-art facilities for examining and treating children. The most common childhood eye diseases treated are Refractive Errors, Squint, Amblyopia, Childhood Cataract, Genetic Eye Diseases and Congenital Glaucoma. In association with the Retina Clinic, it conducts screening and offers treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). In collaboration with the Vision Rehabilitation Centre, the clinic makes all efforts to enhance the residual vision in children with visual impairment by providing either optical or non-optical Low Vision Aids (LVA). Children suspected/ found with disorders related to Cornea, Retina, Uvea, Orbit & Glaucoma are referred to the respective specialty clinics at the hospital.
Routinely performed procedures include:
The clinic has conducted several research projects, including the first screening of children (0-6 yrs) enrolled in the ICDS to identify common ocular problems and a hospital-based study to determine the etiology of Congenital Cataract, population based cross sectional study to estimate the prevalence of ocular morbidity among children of rural South India, population based surveillance for Congenital Rubella Syndrome in South Indian children in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) etc. The clinic is also actively involved in basic research which includes,
Aravind’s Paediatric Ophthalmology Clinic started the structured fellowship training in Paediatric Ophthalmology in the year 1990. It gives comprehensive training in all the fields necessary to practice Paediatric Ophthalmology and is a well demanded subspecialty fellowship programme.
Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus – Available at Aravind Eye Hospitals in Madurai, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore, Pondicherry
Orientation to Paediatric Ocular Anaesthesia for Anaesthetist – Available at Aravind Eye Hospitals in Madurai
Training for Orthoptist – Available at Aravind Eye Hospitals in Madurai
