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hospital. The event focused on all the attendees impaired due to retinoblastoma and highlighted
sharing, learning, meeting, and connecting the need for early intervention. Optom Yogita
with one another. The event witnessed a mix of strongly believes and recommends the right
children, parents, teachers, ophthalmologists, to education in this respective, and even
optometrists, low vision therapists, ocular answered questions raised by concerned
oncologists, and paediatricians in attendance on parents. She later thanked the host organisation
a virtual platform. and Dr Himika for the opportunity to speak
at such a reputed platform. The event was
The online event kickstarted with a welcome wrapped with a final activity of ‘Story-Telling’
note by Nisha Gupta who sang a song followed by Ankita (Katha Kids) where she shared a
by a ‘Question and Answer’ session, and a few stories based on inspiring themes with a
presentation on ‘Artificial Eyes’ by Optom wonderful purpose and message.
Madhulatha and Optom Mayuri. The moderator
of the session was Dr Himika Gupta (Ocular The Retinoblastoma Survivor Meet ended
Oncologist) who enthusiastically carried out the with a vote of thanks and a celebration of the
exciting activity for the children. Next on the prize winners. It was a wonderful initiative that
schedule was an interesting talk by Dr Pallavi motivated children and gifted them some
Korgaonkar who is a cancer warrior herself and joyous times with lovely games, talent and art.
now a proud Paediatrician at Sion Hospital. Her
talk on ‘Direct Dil Se’ - When Survivor Becomes
A Doctor’ was an inspiration to many. Another
important segment of the event was a Talent
Show where each child was asked to create
a video or photo based on their skill, interest
or talent. This could be a dance performance,
song, or even play an instrument. The top three
winners were awarded some great prizes from
the hospital which was a wonderful experience
for the children.

‘Sawal-Jawab’ (Ask Your Doctor) was the
next segment where a panel discussion was
carried out between the doctors and parents
of the young patients. This involved doctors
from Wadia Hospital, Dr Sangeeta Mudaliar
and her team of Hemato-Oncology, sharing
important information on queries raised by
some of the parents. The next section of the
event was ‘Bollywood Masti’ (Doctor Bana DJ)
where Bollywood songs were played and the
participants had to identify the song clip within
a restricted time frame. The children quite
enjoyed the songs and such fun games.

The next segment was by the senior and
eminent Optometrist Yogita Rajgandhi who
spoke on ‘Low Vision and Education’. She
enlightened the attendees on topics including
Low Vision, Blindness, Myths, and Awareness on
Low Vision. She also spoke on the different types
of education systems available for the visually

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