Department of Ophthalmology
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Unit & Beds availability: 1 Unit with 30 Beds
Teaching & Non Teaching Faculty and PG Students
Department facility / Infrastructure
General Facilities:
| Nomenclature | Museum | Research Lab. | Clinical Demonstration Room | Duty Room for Resident Doctors & Students | Laboratory for Routine Examination | Examination & Treatment Room | Store Room for Linen | Ward Pantry | |
| Male | Female | ||||||||
| Size (Area) | 25m2 | 50m2 | 20 m2 | 20 m2 | 20 m2 | 15 m2 | 15 m2 | 15 m2 | 15 m2 |
Office Space:
| Nomenclature | Dept. Office | Professor / Head of the Dept. | Professors | Associate Professor | Assistant Professor | Senior Resident | Junior Residents |
| Size (Area) | 20m2 | 20m2 | 20m2 | 20m2 | 20m2 | 20m2 | 21m2 |
Equipments:
| Important Equipment’s |
| Operating Microscope |
| OCT |
| Slit Lamps |
| YAG |
| Portable Green Laser |
| A-Scan& B-Scan |
| Lensometer |
| Biometer |
| Indirect Ophthalmoscope |
| Gonioscope |
| Applanation Tonometer |
| 90D & 78 Lenses |
| Streak Retinoscope |
| Contact Lens Set |
| Synoptophore |
| Phaco Machines |
| CCTV Camera |
| Automated Perimeter |
| AutorefractoKeratometer |
| Boyles apparatus |
| Slit Lamp Image Analyser |
| Bjerrum Screen |
| HFA Laser |
| Fundus Camera |
| O.P.D. |
| Snellen Chart/Snellen drum with or without remote control |
| Trial set with trial frame both for adult and children |
| Bjerrum Screen |
| Perimeter 2 |
| Colour vision chart 3 |
| Near vision chart with different language |
| 3 Cell torch |
| Ophthalmoscope and Retinoscope |
| Common equipments in the OPD |
| slit lamp |
| Applanation tonometer |
| Keratometer |
| Indirect ophthalmoscope |
| Synoptophore |
| Maddox Rod |
| Maddox Wing |
| Diplopia goggles |
| Gonioscope |
| Placido disc |
| Prism Bar |
| Schoutz tonometer |
| MAJOR Operation Theatre |
| Operating microscope with TV Unit with camera |
| Cryo Unit |
| Cataract set |
| Glaucoma set |
| DCR set |
| Entropian set |
| Enucleation set |
| Evisceration set |
| Squint set |
| GENERAL OPHTHALMIC EQUIPMENTS |
| Operation Theatre Table |
| Operation Theatre Light |
| MINOR Operation Theatre: Minor O.T. should have the equipment for the removal of the foreign body, sutures and chalzion or wtye etc. |
| WARD |
| Slit lamp |
| *Snellen Chart/Snellen drum with or without remote control |
| Trial set with trial frame both for adult and children |
| Bjerrum screen |
| Perimeter |
| Colour vision chart |
| Near vision chart with different language |
| 3 Cell torch |
| Ophthalmoscope and Retinoscope |
Library:
Area of Department Library: 30m2
No. of Books Available:
Central Library: 366
Departmental Library: 110
Departmental Museum:
- Space: 25 Sq. Meter
- of specimens 10
- Charts/ Diagrams. 15
Publications
Publications:
- Abraham Ipe, Sunilkumar T. P, Rohith Skariah. Improvement in vision following cataract surgery: a comparison of phacoemulsification and small incision cataract surgery (SICS) techniques. Evid. Based Med. Healthc., Mar. 24, 2016, Vol. 3,Issue 24.
- Abraham Ipe, George Peter, Rohith Skariah. Reduction in Corneal Diameter Following Cataract Surgery: A Comparison between Those Who Underwent Small Incision Cataract Surgery and Phacoemulsification at a Tertiary Care Hospital in South India. International Journal of Scientific Study. April 2016, Volume 4, Issue 1
- Abraham Ipe, Sunilkumar T. P, Rohith Skariah. Profile of Patients with Ocular infections attending the outpatient department of a tertiary care centre in South India. Int’l Journal of Researh in Medical Science.July 2016, Volume 4, Issue 7
- Manju G Elenjickal, Abraham Ipe, Satishkumar S, T U Sukumaran. Polymicrogyria in a case of Neurofibromatosis 1. Pushpagiri Medical Journal, Volume 5 Number 2, July 2015
- Manuel John, Abraham Ipe, Ivan Jacob. Manuel’s Asteroid disruption technique. Indian J Opthalmol 2015; 63:524-7
- Deleema D, SuneetaNithyananda, Jerry Joseph, Sanjuptha Rao. Optic Neuropathy as a primary manifestation of ITP. under review for publication in Indian JournalOphthalmology
Ongoing Research Projects:
- Post-Surgical Astigmatism in Phacoemulsification & small Incision cataract surgery
Services provided by the Department
- Phaco Emulsification
- IOL Implantation
- Retinal Repairs
- Keratoplasty
- Phaco Surgery
- Ophthalmic Lasers
- Glaucoma
- Oculoplasty
- PaediatricOphthalmology
- ROP screening & treatment
Facilities provided by the Department:
- Phaco Surgery
- Ophthalmic laser
- Retinal Surgery
Speciality Clinics run by the Department:
| S.No. | Name of the Clinic | Days on which held | Timings | Average No. of cases attended | Name of Clinic In-charge |
| 1 | Glaucoma Clinic | Tuesday | 11.00am-1.00pm | 21 per day | Dr. Varghese Mathew |
| 2 | Retina Clinic | Thursday | 09:00am-2.00pm | 15 per day | Dr. Digin Mariam Joseph |
| 3 | Refraction Clinic | All days | 11.00am-1.00pm | 20 per day | Dr. Abraham Ipe |
| 4 | Eye Bank | All days | 24hrs | 1 per day | Dr. Abraham Ipe |
| 5 | Squint Clinic | Friday | 11.00am-1.00pm | 15 per day | Dr. Deleema D |
| 6 | NeuroOphthal | Monday | 11.00am-1.00pm | 22 per day | Dr. George Peter
Dr. Dominic Anto Dr. Reji Thomas |
| 7 | Oculoplasty | Wednesday | 11.00am-1.00pm | 20 per day | Dr. Varghese Mathew |
| 8 | ROP Screening | Tuesday | 2.00pm-4.00pm | 20 per day | Dr. Digin Mariam Joseph |