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RETINOBLASTOMA

SURVIVOR MEET AT

WADIA HOSPITAL

OPTOM DR HIMIKA DR PALLAVI
MADHULATHA GUPTA KORGAONKAR

DR SANGEETA  OPTOM
MUDALIAR  YOGITA
RAJGANDHI

he Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for to people of all socioeconomic statuses. The
Children was built by Sir Ness Wadia Ophthalmology Department of the hospital
Tand Sir Cusrow Wadia in 1929, in mainly treats children with conditions
memory of their mother Bai Jerbai Wadia. like Amblyopia (lazy eye), Nasolacrimal
Located in the heart of the city, this hospital Duct Obstruction, Congenital Glaucoma,
soon emerged as India’s first, independent Congenital Cataracts, and Errors of Refraction.
and specialised Paediatrics hospital that The hospital also specialises in services for
focuses on the healthcare of children. Retinoblastoma (Ocular cancer), and that
The hospital works towards supporting is why a Retinoblastoma Survivor Meet was
the lesser privileged, thus extends its services recently organized on 25 September by the
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