Special needs vision clinic opens in city

LVPEI, RenewSys team up to provide best possible eye care to improve the quality of life of patients with special needs

Banjara Hills: LV Prasad Eye Institute along with RenewSys India Pvt Ltd launched ‘Special Needs Vision Clinic’ in co-operation with the ‘Mission for Vision’ on Wednesday.

The clinic was inaugurated by Avinash Hiranandani, Managing Director, RenewSys at the LVP Eye Institute along with Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao, Chairman of LV Prasad Eye Institute and Elizabeth Kurian, Chief Executive Officer of Mission for Vision.

This is India’s first clinic dedicated to the eye care of children with special needs. It has been established to provide the best possible eye care with the ultimate aim of improving the quality of life of patients with special needs.

Dr GN Rao said, “Providing vision rehabilitation services to those with irreversible blindness and low vision is an integral part of our comprehensive eye care,”

He added, “Since the establishment of our institute, through our various rehabilitation interventions, we have touched upon over 1,75,000 lives of persons with low vision and blindness, of whom 41,482 are children.

We observed that at least a third of these children have some form of developmental delays and disabilities, thus requiring specialized assessment and intervention besides standard clinical examination.

In order to attend to the visual needs of such children, we have commenced a dedicated ‘Special Needs Vision Clinic’ through the partnership of RenewSys Private Limited and in collaboration with Mission for Vision. Through this collaborative initiative, we aim to create a larger impact on the children, parents, and caregivers.”

Avinash Hiranandani said, “We are privileged to have been able to partner with LV Prasad and Mission for Vision in making eye care an accessible reality for children with special needs.

This clinic is one such significant outreach initiative because it addresses a need that has so far been unmet.It is heartening to see more children grow up into healthy, happy adults and we are committed to contributing to our nation’s future.

RenewSys is determined to continue supporting initiatives that aid the holistic development of our team and the community.”

The project aims to provide comprehensive eye care services for children as well as for adults with special needs by assessing their visual needs with special assessment tools, providing appropriate spectacle prescription, low vision devices and therapies to maximize their functional ability.

A multidisciplinary team consisting of an optometrist, rehabilitation specialist, vision therapist, physiotherapist, speech therapist, special educator etc. will be part of the clinical assessment and management.