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INSPIRED BY A VISION

SANKAR FOUNDATION TAKES PLEASURE IN TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH ITS DREAMS….ASPIRATIONS AND ….VISION. INSPIRED BY A VISION. THE SAGA OF SANKAR FOUNDATION. A WORLD OF LIGHT. ALL OF US LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF COLOUR, LIGHT AND JOY! BUT SELDOM DO WE REALIZE THE VALUE OF VISION,

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INSPIRED BY A VISION

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  1. SANKAR FOUNDATION TAKES PLEASURE IN TAKING YOU ON A JOURNEY THROUGH ITS DREAMS….ASPIRATIONS AND ….VISION

  2. INSPIRED BY A VISION THE SAGA OF SANKAR FOUNDATION

  3. A WORLD OF LIGHT ALL OF US LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF COLOUR, LIGHT AND JOY! BUT SELDOM DO WE REALIZE THE VALUE OF VISION, UNTIL WE MEET SOMEONE FROM A DARKER WORLD.

  4. A DARKER WORLD • THERE ARE 50 MILLION BLIND PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. • WITHOUT PREVENTIVE CARE, BLINDNESS IS PROJECTED TO REACH 75 MILLION BY THE YEAR 2020

  5. A DARKER WORLD • EVERY FIVE SECONDS, ONE PERSON IN OUR WORLD GOES BLIND • A CHILD GOES BLIND EVERY MINUTE.

  6. THE CULPRITS CATARACT 62.6% REFRACTIVE ERRORS 19.7% CORNEAL BLINDNESS 0.9% GLAUCOMA 5.8% OTHERS 10.9%

  7. THE INDIAN STORY OF THE TOTAL ESTIMATED BLIND PERSONS IN THE WORLD, THERE ARE12 MILLION BILATERALLY BLIND PERSONS IN INDIA WITH A V/A < 6/60. V/A- VISUAL ACUITY

  8. THE VIZAG STORY THE THREE DISTRICTS OF VIZAG, SRIKAKULAM AND VIZIANAGARAM ARE HABITAT TO 1,16,00,000 PEOPLE. AROUND 1,65,000 SUFFER FROM CATARACT… AROUND 800 CHILDREN ARE BLIND… (Visakhapatnam is well known by its short name as ‘Vizag’)

  9. THE GOOD NEWS 60 % OF THE WORLD’S BLINDNESS IS TREATABLE. 20% IS PREVENTABLE. NEEDLESS BLINDNESS CAN BE ELIMINATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH IF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE ACCESS TO SIGHT-SAVING MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES.

  10. A RAY OF HOPE In 1997, a Ray of Hope came in the form of Mr A Sankar Rao. Moved by the plight of the poor, He founded the Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital on the 7th of June 1997 at Vizag. Mr A Sankar Rao, the Founder and Managing Trustee of Sankar Foundation, had a successful business career before he directed his energy towards this noble cause.

  11. A RAY OF HOPE He had to drop out of school and start earning even at the early age of 14 as the family was literally in dire straits.

  12. A RAY OF HOPE He worked hard and started business in Ship Chandelling and later diversified into Timber Trade, Construction and Real Estate.

  13. A RAY OF HOPE His last business venture was the construction of 5 star 100 Room Hotel Viz., GRAND-BAY. He sold it away in May 1995 to Adayar Gate Hotels, Madras which is now being operated by Welcom Group Hotels. Grand Bay, Vizag

  14. A RAY OF HOPE Mr Sankar Rao has reached the peak of success and several eminent personalities felicitated him for His achievements. But all this meant nothing for this Great Humanitarian whose sole passion is to serve man as manifestation of God.

  15. A RAY OF HOPE With His untiring efforts and Vision, He has nurtured Sankar Foundation into an institution of excellence with emphasis on compassionate eye care. SHRI A.SANKAR RAO’S 85% OF HIS LIFE SAVINGS HAVE BEEN WILLED AWAY TO SANKAR FOUNDATION. Inauguration of the Eye hospital.

  16. THEMISSION • MAKE QUALITY EYE CARE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ALL SEGMENTS OF POPULATION WITH LOVE AND CARE. • DEVELOP A RESEARCH CENTRE. • PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY TRAINING FOR OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND ADVANCED TRAINING FOR PARAMEDICAL SERVICES. • PROVIDE FULL-FLEDGED SUB-SPECIALTY PROGRAMS FOR • LOW VISUAL AIDS & VISUAL REHABILITATION • CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS • DIABETIC RETINOPATHY • CORNEAL SERVICES

  17. THE TEAM THERE ARE 8 FULL TIME OPHTHALMIC SURGEONS LEAD BY THE CHIEF SURGEON Dr RS RAJU, SUPPORTED BY 81 PARAMEDICAL&ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. CURRENTLY THE HOSPITAL HAS 45 BEDS. 60% OF THE TOTAL SURGERIES ARE DONE FOR THE POOR, WHICH ARE TOTALLY FREE OF COST. Dr R S Raju

  18. SOLDIERS OF LIGHT

  19. RAPID STRIDES FROM A MODEST BEGINNING IN 1997, SANKARFOUNDATION HAS MADE RAPID STRIDES IN COMBATING BLINDNESS. NEW CASES SCREENED 1997 2006 CATARACT 710 10284 GLAUCOMA 25 430 RETINA 0 325 PAEDIATRIC 9 136 TOTAL 744 11175

  20. RAPID STRIDES: OP

  21. RAPID STRIDES: SURGERY

  22. A HAVEN FOR THE POOR 60 % OF THE SURGERIES ARE DONE FOR THE POOR, WHICH ARE FREE OF ANY COST. FREE CAMPS REACH OUT TO EVEN THE MOST INTERIOR OF VILLAGES. BY MAY,2007 432 OUTREACH CAMPS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED.

  23. AT THE SCREENING CAMP

  24. SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION

  25. REGISTRATION - BASE HOSPITAL

  26. SURGERY- BASE HOSPITAL

  27. LUNCH TIME!

  28. AFTER THE SURGERY

  29. READY TO GO HOME!

  30. POST OPERATIVE EXAM.

  31. THEIR SMILES SAY IT ALL

  32. MILESTONES First surgery conducted on 7th June. 1997

  33. MILESTONES Recognised as the Best Social Organisation by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh 2002

  34. MILESTONES Recognised as Training Institute by Govt. of India to impart training to Ophthalmologists in SICS Techniques 2002

  35. MILESTONES Retina Division started 2003

  36. MILESTONES Accepted by Sight Savers International (Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind) and Christian Blind Mission, Germany, as an Indian Partner 2003

  37. MILESTONES Cornea Division inaugurated. 2004

  38. MILESTONES Paediatric Ophthalmic Division Started. 2004

  39. MILESTONES Sir John Major, the former British Prime Minister visited Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital on the 9th of March, commended its work and laid foundation stone for the new Hospital building . 2005

  40. MILESTONES BBC WORLD broadcast a Documentary- ‘Seeing is Believing’ on October 8th 2005, featuring Sankar Foundation prominently. 2005

  41. MILESTONES 71,541 surgeries completed by May,2007. 2006

  42. LIGHTING UP YOUNG LIVES SANKAR FOUNDATION HAS UNDERTAKEN A MAJOR INITIATIVE TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS BY CONDUCTING SCHOOL SCREENING CAMPS. 85822 SCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SCREENED FOR REFRACTIVE ERRORS TILL MAY 2007 AND 1469 SPECTACLES WITH RESILENS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FREE OF COST!

  43. LIGHTING UP YOUNG LIVES

  44. LIGHTING UP YOUNG LIVES 1469 children were provided free spectacles with their choice of frame

  45. LIGHTING UP YOUNG LIVES THERE ARE 12,800 ANGANWADI CHILDREN IN THE URBAN SLUMS OF VIZAG. SANKAR FOUNDATION HAS SCREENED ALL OF THEM AND ISSUED SPAECTACLES TO 477 CHILDREN SANKAR FOUNDATION HAS DISTRIBUTED VITAMIN A CAPSULES TO 9153 ANGANWADI CHILDREN OF URBAN SLUMS TO PREVENT AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS.

  46. FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT Congenital Cataract Cured! No More a detached Retina!

  47. THE NEXT BIG LEAP THE EVER INCREASING PATIENT NUMBERS MEANT THAT SOON THE LEASED PREMISES OF SANKAR FOUNDATION INSUFFICIENT. RECOGNISING THE SERVICES OF SANKAR FOUNDATION, THE GOVT OF ANDHRA PRADESH HAS ALLOCATED 2 ACRES OF LAND AT SIMHACHALAM, VIZAG. A STATE OF THE ART EYE HOSPITAL IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THAT LAND. The current Hospital

  48. The Next Big leap PROPOSED NEW EYE HOSPITAL

  49. The Next Big leap The Hospital is going to be a 150 bed state-of -the art facility which will serve the 10 million poor population located in the three districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram & Srikakulam and from the districts of neighbouring states of Orissa and Chattishgarh.

  50. A ‘MAJOR’ MILESTONE SirJohn Major, former British PM, along with Mr Mervyn Davies, Group CE of Standard Chartered Bank graciously performed the ground breaking ceremony for the New Hospital Project on the 9th of March 2005.

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