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CME AT JAMIA
HAMDARD

CME AT JAMIA HAMDARD The last session, conducted by Ms Nida
Hashmi, a CL practitioner with Purecon
The Department of Paramedical Sciences, Silverline Laboratories, was on visual
Jamia Hamdard organised a Continuing rehabilitation of irregular corneas by scleral
Medical Education programme on the theme lenses which are more effective than
‘Enhancing your Vision’. About 150 students traditional corneal RGP lenses.
gathered at the institute’s convention centre
on 25 March to participate in presentations The programme concluded with a
as well as essay writing, poster and rangoli valedictory session, certificate and prize
distribution and a vote of thanks by Ms Vibha
competitions.
Kumari, assistant professor at the Department.
Prof MA Jafri, vice chancellor of Jamia
FREE EYE CAMP IN GANGANAGAR
Hamdard, Prof Ona Desai, dean of the
Department and Prof Dr Manju Chhugani, Ganganagar is the northern-most city in
HOD, presided over the opening function Rajasthan in a region of fertile plains. The
which was inaugurated by Mr Sanjay K Mishra, Ganganagar Optical Association (GOA) did the
a scientist at the Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmic city proud by organising an eye examination
Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi. camp on WOD which was very well attended.
Ten opticians, members of the GOA, offered
Mr Mishra’s talk on the Essentials of
free eye check-ups using their very advanced
Paediatric Eye Examination’ included refractive
equipment. The camp, set up at Sukhadia
management and its challenges. Academician
Circle in the heart of the city, was graced
Mr Phani Krishna shared his thoughts on by Rajkumar Gaur, the city’s MLA, who was
artificial intelligence and its perspective in
invited as the chief guest; Kuldeep Charan,
optometry, and explained digital diagnosis of
the police chief of traffic; Dr Mukesh Nanda,
diseases related to the eyes.
president of the GOA; and Ajay Chandak,
Mr Sunil Kr Dixit, optometry in-charge at former chairman of the city council.
Gurgaon’s Ahooja Eye and Dental Institute,
FREE EYE CAMP IN GANGANAGAR
spoke about the scope and career growth
in the field of optometry. Mr Gaurav Dubey
from the Department of Optometry, Uttar
Pradesh University of Medical Sciences,
Saifai, addressed a session on the basics of
writing research papers and also presented
the outcome of a comparative clinical survey
on the prevalence of refractive error among
senior school children in the urban and rural
communities of Etawah District.

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