The worldwide chief in eye care Alcon Worldwide in affiliation with Aravind Eye Care System introduced the launch of ’India’s first International Centre of Excellence for Cataract Surgical procedure Coaching’ in Chennai.
“It’s the first devoted centre to supply complete coaching in superior cataract surgical procedure process for ophthalmology residents,” Alcon Worldwide President Rajkumar Narayanan instructed The Hindu.
As per the plan, the CoE shall be situated inside Aravind Eye Hospital Poonamallee campus. Within the first yr, it plans to coach about 180 residents and practising docs in superior procedures comparable to phacoemulsification (phaco).
“We are going to provide excessive finish tools for the Alcon Arvind Centre for Surgical Development, whereas Aravind Eye Care will care for the coaching half. The licensed course is predicted to start by This autumn of this yr,” he mentioned.
“Many of the ophthalmic residency programmes in India concentrate on fundamental cataract surgical procedure and few supply phaco coaching. The CoE goals to deal with this hole by offering surgical residents with extra publicity to prime quality tools and coaching,” he mentioned.
The CoE goals to tie-up with medical schools throughout the nation and supply coaching in superior phaco surgical procedure to ophthalmology residents. It is going to additionally function a hub for phaco coaching for docs from Africa, mentioned an Alcon official.
Going ahead, Alcon is considering establishing CoE in South Africa and Latin America nations.
