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Monthly in-sight >>>
Identifying with the roots: A Monthly Snapshot into Sankara Eye Care Institutions, India’s Community Outreach programs
RE-V WIEVolume 1, Issue 12
October 2011
Trailblazers for September 2011
6143Children screened
at Guntur
Total Surgeries done at Coimbatore 4984
Free spectacles provided
at Guntur730
“Attitude, not aptitude determines altitude.”
Jesse Louis Jackson
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Maximum number of non-
paying surgery:
Highest camp site
productivity:
Highest post-operative
review: Highest field workers'
productivity:
Highest Pediatric Surgery:
Coimbatore
Guntur
Rishikesh
Shimoga
Bangalore
In focus:Wings of Vision - Dr Kalam's visit to Sankara Eye Centre, Coimbatore
Known famously as the missile man
of India; the great visionary, thought
leader and ex-president of India
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam graced Sankara
Eye Centre, Coimbatore with his
august presence on 14th Oct, 2011;
a day which happened to be the eve
of his 80th birthday.
To commemorate the occasion, Sankara Eye Centre, Coimbatore had identified 80
patients selected through the Gift of Vision Program conducted by SCOT-
Coimbatore. These patients were handed over the intraocular lens by Dr Kalam
himself. Dr Kalam interacted with these patients in the foyer of the Operation Room
Complex as they were taken in for surgery.
In the formal ceremony held at the hospital auditorium, Dr Kalam felicitated Dr R. V.
Ramani and Dr Radha Ramani for years of selfless services which they had
rendered to the cause of humanity. This spirit of service has seen Sankara expand
its services all across the country to those who are less fortunate. In his speech Dr
Kalam recalled his first interaction with the Paramacharya who advised him to
“give, give and keep on giving”. “Give your love, give your affection, give your
experience and give your wealth” Dr Kalam said. “Do not expect anything in return.
God will ensure that you receive whatever that is due to you” said Dr. Kalam
affirming that Sankara is exactly doing the same relentlessly in giving the Gift of
Vision in a sincere and silent manner without expecting anything in return.
As he came down from the Auditorium, Dr. A P J was taken once again to the
Operation Theatre and through the glass window; he could see the patients to
whom he had given the Intra Ocular Lenses being operated as 10 of them were on
the Operating tables. He exclaimed “This is the temple, the temple of service”…
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Mr K. Lakshmi Narayanan started his
career with Sankara Eye Hospital,
Coimbatore as a Vision Health Visitor
(VHV) in the year 1999. As a VHV he was
responsible for the district of Villupuram,
Cuddalore and Pondicherry. A dedicated
and sincere worker, he has been
instrumental in developing the north sector
in terms of patients screened and
subsequent surgery.
Since then he has been recognized for his
hard work and promoted to the cadre of
team leader, North Sector. Currecnty he
oversees and monitors Sankara Eye
Hospital, Coimbatore's outreach activities
in the 9 districts of the region north of the
base hospital. The relentless effort of his
team as well as himself has seen the
maximum output from his sector in last few
years.
We congratulate Mr Lakshmi Narayanan
for his sincerity and dedication and wish
him greater success with his work with us
in future.
SCOT- Coimbatore was deeply
touched and inspired by the great
man's simplistic and humble manners.
Being thus inspired they resolve to give
back to the community in their own way
and spread the Gift of Vision as Dr
Kalam himself has stated earlier in one
of the poem from his autography
“Wings of Fire”:
“I am a well in this great land,
Looking at its million of boys and girls
To draw from me
The inexhaustible divinity
And spread his grace everywhere
As does the water drawn from the well”
Staff
Spotlight:
As the famous saying goes
“In prosperity, our friends
know us; in adversity, we
know our friends”. So was
the case with 65 years old
Mr.Ramulu.Manupata from
S i g i r p u d u v i l l a g e o f
Veldurthi Mandalam in
Guntur District. With loss of
vision in the left eye due to
an injury in childhood; he
saw the world through his
right eye. Through one eye
he has been witness to the changing attitude of people with the change of fortune at
his end.
With a major handicapcy crippling his prospect for better employment, Ramulu took
to bamboo stick work and basket weaving. In addition he received Rs 200 per month
as old age pension from the government. Being the father of 3 sons and a daughter,
Ramulu had the support of his sons for livelihood. Ramulu's life hit a new low as
tragedy struck in the form of the death of two of his son at close interval resulting out
of an accident and unknown fever respectively. To add more misery, life dealt him a
severe blow as his wife also passed away after a short time. Dark gloomy clouds of
fate surrounded Ramulu as for the first time in his life he felt handicapped having lost
his 2 strong pillars of support and his life partner. With the tragic deaths in the family
especially of his two earning sons, Ramulu saw a change in attitude of his near and
dear one's as they maintained a distance from him fearing that he might ask them to
help him financially.
With the only skill he had Ramulu resorted to Basket weaving to earn a livelihood for
his family. This along with the old age pension barely saw the family through. His
daughter in law also supplemented the income thus helping the family pull along. His
third son proved to be a vagabond who got in to the habit of taking liquor. He would
often threaten and take out money from Ramulu for his liquor expenditure. Due to
his old age and also low vision, Ramulu's protest would fall on deaf ears.
With his life in shambles and seeing the life of his only living son going astray,
Ramulu decided to take matter in to his own hand. He heard from one of his friend in
the village about the free eye care services provided by Sankara Eye Hospital,
Guntur and decided to come for the local screening camp where he was advised for
surgery. Having his eye operated at Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur; he has now good
post-operative vision and is again back to normal activities of his life.
When asked how Sankara Has helped him in overcoming his difficulty he said “the
death of my wife and 2 strong sons in a matter of days shook my faith to the core. I
lost confidence and faith on myself. Being the head of the family, when I lost direction
in life my family also became directionless. On top of such misery I saw my only living
son resorting to the bad habits of taking liquor and the evil of alcoholism befall my
household. My loss of sight and confidence encouraged him further to continue his
bad ways and torment all of us. In our hour of adversity none of my relatives or friends
came out to help us. Finally I decided to set things right myself as I came to Sankara
Sankara - A Vision for Life:
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Performance Breakdown: Oct, 2011
A brief overview and analysis on the performance of various units of
Sankara for October, 2011
Performance >>>
Unit Total
Outreach OPD
Non paying
surgeries
Children screened
Number of school screening
Free spectacles provided
Pediatric surgeries
Highest OT (surgeriesin a day)
Anand Bangalore Coimbatore Guntur Krishnakovil Rishikesh Shimoga Silvasa
2854 906 - 0 0 0 103
4169 1122 2424 53 255 22 108
4984 2460 94 02 02 09 225
4423 2179 6143 06 730 15 131
957 503 3194 02 86 - 98
3042 923 350 03 - 01 71
4176 1581 1155 48 29 23 138
886 336 171 01 - 01 42
Unit wise Surgery Segmentation
At the end of each camp, an appreciation
letter (signed by the CEO/CMO) of the unit
with a feedback form known as the
'Cosponsors' Feedback Form' is sent to
the cosponsor. This along with a self-
addressed stamped envelope which they
(cosponsor) are supposed to fill in and
post back to the 'CEO/CMO directly. This
is to help each unit SCOT to get a real time
feedback on the ways camps are
conducted as well as the overall
functioning of the manpower at various
levels. The CEO/CMO can formulate
corrective action / initiate disciplinary
action based on the feedback. This format
has been sent to al l uni ts for
implementation with immediate effect.
Partners' PointThe Sankara Family >>>
The Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) is a trade union registered in
1972. It is an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers. SEWA's main
goals are to organise women workers for full employment. The SEWA movement is
enhanced by its being a sangam or confluence of three movements: the labour
movement, the cooperative movement and the women's movement.
SEWA has been associated with Sankara Eye Hospital, Anand ever since the
hospital started in November 2008. Through the help of SEWA we were able to
make inroads in to Anand, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Vadodara & Panchmahal (Tribal
Areas). Through our worker's effort and SEWA's help, we carry out door to door
survey, generate camp awareness, arrange for camp place and also do post-
operative follow up and review.
We congratulate SEWA and its workers for working with us and helping us in our
effort of eradicating needless and avoidable blindness in the various districts
surrounding Sankara Eye Hospital, Anand.
Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA)
for restoring my vision. At Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur I was treated with
compassion and warmth which was so alien for me as a man who has only seen
hardship in his life. Having gained good vision after surgery now I am able to take
charge of my life and family fully as my younger son has shown signs of
improvement after getting warning from me. Now I am being visited by relatives and
friend as our household condition has improved. With the new job of my son and my
increased earning capacity, I cannot thank Sankara enough for giving me the vision
not only terms of sight but a vision for life”.
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Outreach Dictionary:Cosponsor Feedback