Overview
The Department of Ophthalmology at Ram Krishna Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre provides comprehensive eye care services covering outpatient consultation, refraction, diagnostic evaluation, medical management, ophthalmic procedures, surgical care and post-operative follow-up.
The department has a 30-bedded Ophthalmology facility for inpatient care, cataract surgery patients, ocular trauma cases, post-operative management and other ophthalmic conditions requiring admission and observation.
30 Ophthalmology BedsImportance
Ophthalmology is a vital clinical department focusing on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases. It plays an important role in restoring vision, preventing blindness, detecting systemic disease-related eye changes and improving quality of life through timely eye care.
For medical students, the department provides essential training in visual acuity testing, refraction, anterior segment examination, fundus examination, cataract evaluation, glaucoma screening and ocular emergency management.
Clinical Services
Infrastructure
- 30-bedded Ophthalmology inpatient facility
- Dedicated Ophthalmology OPD
- Refraction room
- Dark room for ophthalmic examination
- Minor procedure room
- Ophthalmic operation theatre support
- Separate examination areas for anterior and posterior segment evaluation
- Patient waiting and counselling area
- Vision testing area
- Dressing and post-operative follow-up area
- Emergency eye care support
- IPD support for cataract, trauma and other ophthalmic cases
- Sterilization and instrument preparation support
- Academic teaching and clinical demonstration area
Equipment & Instruments
- Snellen visual acuity chart
- Near vision chart
- Colour vision chart / Ishihara chart
- Trial lens set
- Trial frame
- Retinoscope
- Direct ophthalmoscope
- Indirect ophthalmoscope
- Slit lamp biomicroscope
- Applanation tonometer
- Non-contact tonometer
- Schiotz tonometer
- Auto refractometer
- Keratometer
- Lensometer
- A-scan biometry
- B-scan ultrasonography support
- Operating microscope
- Phacoemulsification machine
- Cataract surgical instrument set
- Small incision cataract surgery instruments
- IOL implantation instruments
- Chalazion clamp and minor procedure instruments
- Lacrimal syringing and probing set
- Foreign body removal instruments
- Pterygium surgery instruments
- Entropion and ectropion correction instruments
- Squint surgery instrument set
- Ophthalmic cautery
- Sterile ophthalmic drapes and microsurgical instruments
- Fundus examination lens
- Gonioscopy lens
- Volk lens / 90D lens
- Ocular dressing and eye pad material
- Emergency eye wash and first-aid support
Common Ophthalmic Procedures & Surgeries
- Cataract surgery
- Phacoemulsification with intraocular lens implantation
- Small incision cataract surgery with IOL implantation
- Manual extracapsular cataract extraction where clinically required
- Pterygium excision
- Conjunctival cyst excision
- Chalazion incision and curettage
- Lid tear repair
- Entropion correction
- Ectropion correction
- Foreign body removal from eye
- Corneal foreign body removal
- Lacrimal syringing
- Lacrimal probing
- Dacryocystorhinostomy evaluation and surgical support
- Glaucoma evaluation and medical management
- Trabeculectomy support where clinically indicated
- Squint evaluation and surgical planning
- Ocular trauma wound management
- Repair of minor ophthalmic injuries
- Diabetic retinopathy screening
- Hypertensive retinopathy screening
- Fundus examination
- Tonometry and glaucoma screening
- Dry eye evaluation and treatment
- Eye dressing and post-operative care
- Visual rehabilitation and counselling
Academic & Training Activities
- UG clinical teaching and bedside case discussions
- Demonstration of visual acuity testing
- Demonstration of refraction and retinoscopy
- Slit lamp examination teaching
- Ophthalmoscopy and fundus examination demonstration
- Case-based discussion on cataract, glaucoma, red eye and ocular trauma
- Clinical postings and OPD-based learning
- Operation theatre observation for cataract and minor ophthalmic procedures
- Seminars, tutorials and group discussions
- Record keeping, consent and ophthalmic documentation training
"Vision is precious – Ophthalmology protects and restores it."