The service along with QR code has been launched in public interest
On the occasion of World Glaucoma Week 2020, All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) launched their patient portal service along with the QR code on their website in public interest. The use of QR code was also permitted by the National Programme for control of Blindness and Visual Impairment.
“My target would be to cause zero blindness from glaucoma and that can only happen, with increased awareness, increased screening and risk factor education and increased accessibility to correct treatment at the right time. As glaucoma is silent and chronic in nature, finding our glaucoma patients is not easy. Herein lies the effort and commitment that we all need to make programmes to encourage us to focus in this direction, screening all patients for glaucoma, identifying risk factors and first degree relatives who have much higher chance of developing glaucoma, investigating them accurately and conclusively, instituting the correct treatment and following them to not only to monitor progress and side effects but also to ensure compliance,” said Dr Mahipal Singh Sachdev, President AIOS.
“While glaucoma remains asymptomatic until 70-80 per cent of vision is lost, people need to be made aware about early diagnostics in prevention of permanent blindness caused by glaucoma. It should be noted that everybody should undergo biannual eye examination after the age of 40 years and yearly after 50. The irreversible nature and the very real possibility of blindness needs to be emphasised to every patient to understand the seriousness of the disease. Developing a glaucoma registry data will also be highly beneficial in forming better healthcare policies,” said Dr Namrata Sharma, Secretary, AIOS.
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