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WE CARE FOR EYES INTRODUCTION Rotary Club of Purulia has been working for “Eye Care” since its inception in the year 1968 and started annual “Eye Camps” for operating needy people in this most backward district of Purulia. As the day dawns, it promises to bring forth new happiness, more peace and reduced suffering to all mankind. It gives us an opportunity to have a look behind our shoulders at what has been done and plan for a better future and work towards attaining it. It all began in the year 1978. Seeing our enthusiasm to eradicate blindness and the yearly ‘Eye Operation Camps’, Rtn. Soli S. Pavri, the then RI Director and Rotary liaison to the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, inspired us to take up a permanent eye clinic project and assured us all the necessary help. An initiative of Rotary Club of Purulia receiving complete support all along from the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind took the form of Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre, formerly Rotary Service Centre (Eye Clinic), which proudly stands today as an awe-inspiring monument signifying the Spirit of Service to Community, a hallmark of Rotary Club of Purulia and its Rotarians. This flagship service outfit has been serving the poor and the needy by making their dream of having access to better eye care & treatment a reality and surely has its job cut out for the days to come. It has provided better vision to thousands of people and promises to continue in its journey on the chosen path. PURULIA ROTARY SERVICE CENTRE IS BORN Everything went right from the thought level itself, the motivating factor being selfless service. From laying of the foundation stone by His Holiness Sri Sri 1008 Swami 23rd Swaroopanandji Saraswati, Jagatguru Shankaracharya of Jyotishpith on February 1980 to the active functioning of the IPD & OPD in the permanent eye clinic building on 30th September 1982, everything was nothing short of a divine miracle and a blessing for the rural mass of this backward district of Purulia. The completed two8th storey building that you see today was inaugurated on February 1985. Much contribution towards the construction of the building in the form of land and money was received from abroad as well as local bodies and golden-hearted individuals. LOCATION  Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre is located at a beautiful site facing the Lake on the western bank on the West Lake Road, having a construction area of approximately 14,000 sq. feet. WE CARE FOR EYES INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES Out Patient Dept. 1 : Patients are examined by the Doctors in the OPD, which has 2 chambers for the ophthalmologists.
Vision Room 1 : Refraction is carried out in the Vision Room. MinorOT 1 : Minor procedures like, Tonometry, Syringing, etc. are performed in the Minor OT. MajorOT 2 : It is an Air-conditioned facility where ECCE, SICS with IOL, Trabeculectomy, Evisceration, etc. procedures are done. Septic OT 1 : An air-conditioned facility where several minor procedures involving infected cases are performed. This system is connected with the Sankara Tele-Ophthalmology Centre: Nethralay, Chennai. Our doctors discuss the case history of patients with the doctors of the said institution as per their necessity and also participate in the seminars organized there. Computerization : Integrated Hospital Management System has been implemented in our hospital to provide fast and better service to the patients and store data. Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre is a 45 (Forty Five) bedded Eye hospital. Accommodation for patients in the In Patient Dept. includes : General Ward : 4 (2 Male + 2 Female) There is a Canteen which primarily caters to the diet requirement of the patients during their stay in the hospital. This facility is also extended to the relatives of the patients and the staff of the hospital. Equipments include : Yag Laser – Carl Zeiss Visulas – II (1 no.)
Phaco Emulsifier (1 no.)
Operating Microscopes – TAKAGI – OM5 (3 nos.)
A-Scan Equipment (2 no.)
Slit Lamps (3 nos.)
Autorefractometer (1no.)
Keratometer (1 no.)
Ophthalmoscopes -Direct & Indirect (3 nos.)
SERVICES Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre, was started with the aim of providing quality eye care services to the poor section of the community and reaching out to the interior rural parts of the district of Purulia and make eye care facilities available to them, making Purulia district free from Avoidable Blindness. For the last 25 years it has succeeded in doing so to a great extent. But there is still lot of work to be done in this field. WE CARE FOR EYES Area of Service : As years pass by, the impact is being felt. Today this hospital is serving people from two states covering several districts. Besides West Bengal, people from the state of Jharkhand are also being benefited by this service. Given below are districts from where patients come to this eye hospital : West Bengal: Purulia, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Hooghly Jharkhand : Bokaro, Dhnabad, Singhbhum, Saraikela, Ranchi Base Hospital Service Profile : ECCE for only Medically required cases
SISC with PC/AC IOL implantation (Suture-less)
Laser Capsulotomy using YAG LASER equipment is the first of its kind in this region.
Other Surgeries & Services include : Trabeculectomy (Glaucoma)
Evisceration
Many other Minor Surgeries including DCT, Pterygium, Chalazion, etc.
Diagnostic Services include Blood Sugar Examination & Medical Fitness Test for the patients who need to undergo surgery.
 WE CARE FOR EYES  OUTREACH SERVICES Vision Centres : The first Vision centre was opened on April 30, 2006 in Barabazar, a small rural town in Purulia district some 42 kms. away from the base hospital. This centre is housed in the premises of Barabazar Rotary Community Corps. The Medical & Paramedical team for the base hospital visits this centre on alternate Thursdays to examine patients and provide preliminary treatment. Surgery cases are referred to the base hospital. The second vision centre was inaugurated by Dr. S. S. Badrinath on June 24, 2007. It is situated in Lalpur, a village in Purulia district, and about 30 kms away from the base hospital. The Medical and Paramedical team from the base hospital visits this centre every afternoon, except Sunday, to examine patients and provide preliminary treatment to them. Surgery cases are referred to the base hospital. Rural Eye Screening Camps : Rural Eye Screening Camps has been adopted as a penetrative strategy to reach out to the interior rural areas, making eye care services accessible to them. This facilitates the unreached people in the Camp performance is given below :
 WE CARE FOR EYES School Eye Screening Camps : Prevention is better than cure. This new initiative from our side, Screening school children allows us to take preventive & curative measures early in life. Students are screened for eye problems in such camps. Refraction is done for the children and medical intervention provided by the doctor. Name of School No. of students screened Seven Muses School, Purulia 200
VIdyasagar Abasik Balika Vidyalaya 80
Manbhum Victoria Institution 186
Purulia Zilla School 28
Purulia Netaji Vidyapith 145
Purulia Zilla School 51
Yogada Uchcha Balika Vidyalay 135
Govt. Girls High School 84
Purulia Nazrul Balika Vidyapith 84
Seven Muses 113
 Community Service : Ambulance Service – 24 hours  HUMAN ASSETS Medical Team : Dr. Debashis Banerjee - Ophthalmologist
Dr. Abhi Jyoti Sengupta - Ophthalmologist
Dr. Shilendra Kumar - Ophthalmologist
Dr. Mriganka Mahato - Ophthalmologist
Dr. T. K. Mukherjee - Physician
Para-Medical Team : Trained Nurse -3 Nos.
OT Nurse -3 Nos.
IPD Nurse -6 Nos.
OPD Nurse -2 Nos.
OT & OPD Assistant -1 No.
Optometrist -2 Nos.
Administrative Team : Administrator -1 No.
Registration Staff -2 No.
Clerk cum Purchase Manager -1 No.
General Duty Assistants -3 Nos.
Driver -1 No.
It is this team that makes what Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre, what it is today. PERFORMANCE The performance of Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre has grown exponentially over the years. Given below is the statistical detail of its performance in the year 2007 – 2008. OPD patients : 48779 Cataract (Non-IOL) : 129 (Medically required cases) Cataract (IOL) : 4485 Glaucoma : 17 Minor (Other) Surgeries : 585 YAG Laser Treatments : 124 No. of Spectacles recommended : 7044 ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY Rotary Club of Purulia Service Centre is managed by a group of Rotarians of Rotary Club of Purulia which forms the Managing Committee, headed by a Chairman, who takes care of the Administrative affairs of the hospital. A Chief Medical Officer looks after the Medical affairs of the hospital. He is well supported by a team of Ophthalmologists, and a Para-Medical Staff. Both these are supported by an Administrator assisted by his team of Administrative Staff. FUTURE PLAN Adopt a penetrative strategy to reach out to the people of interior rural areas of Purulia district.
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