Hyderabad Eye Institute

L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) remains dedicated to addressing your eye care needs, especially during challenging times such as COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure convenient access to medical consultations while prioritizing your safety at home, LVPEI has introduced ConnectCare, the online consultation service. The facilities included are-
• Telephone consult
• Video consult
• Book an appointment
• Get your medical report

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) introduced the HomeCare service to ensure uninterrupted care for patients unable to visit LVPEI centers, particularly the elderly. Presently, this service is accessible to patients within a specified distance (10-25 kilometers) from LVPEI’s Kallam Anji Reddy campus in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, and Mithu Tulsi Chanrai campus in Patia, Bhubaneswar. HomeCare services are available from Monday to Saturday, operating between 9:30 am and 4:00 pm.

The vision technician or optometrist will conduct a thorough eye examination at the patient's residence, assessing visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and capturing anterior and posterior segment photographs. The collected data will be uploaded onto the HomeCare app and reviewed by an ophthalmologist at LVPEI's specialized teleophthalmology center. Subsequently, a video consultation will be arranged between the doctor and the patient.

Eye surgeries at LVPEI are mainly day care procedures, often not requiring an overnight hospital stay, although some cases might necessitate a short hospital stay. In such instances, LVPEI ensures comfortable, secure, and hygienic accommodation for both patients and attendants. The nursing assistants are available 24/7 and adept at handling emergencies.
Approximately half of the services are offered free of charge to economically disadvantaged individuals. It provides three paying service categories: General, Supporters, and Sight Savers. By opting to become a Supporter or Sight Saver, one can actively contribute to those who are unable to pay.
LVPEI proudly extends its services to our nation's defence personnel. Over the last twenty years, all members of the military, from Jawans to Senior Officers, and their dependents have received comprehensive care, including surgical procedures, free of cost when referred by Military Hospitals to LVPEI in Hyderabad.

Vision Rehabilitation forms an integral component of the L V Prasad Eye Institute's care delivery model, embedded at all levels within its network. The comprehensive services span from evaluating and prescribing low vision aids, such as magnifiers aiding reading for those with low vision, to offering social, educational, and occupational rehabilitation. The aim is to train individuals with low vision and blindness to achieve the highest possible functional capability. Extending beyond the centre, community-based rehabilitation services are provided to those unable to access these facilities, ensuring comprehensive care across communities.

The Ramayamma International Eye Bank (RIEB), established in 1989, stands as India's foremost provider of corneas for sight restoration and holds the prestigious status of being recognized as a SightLife Center of Excellence in Eye Banking. Over the years, RIEB has played a pivotal role in enhancing the collection of transplantable donor corneas and setting higher performance benchmarks for eye banking in India and other developing regions. As a frontrunner in eye banking within Southeast Asia, RIEB has made substantial contributions to fostering effective networking among eye banks and spearheading community eye banking initiatives.

LVPEI's community outreach initiative, GPR ICARE, commenced in May 1998, with a primary objective of ensuring accessible and top-notch eye care for all, particularly targeting geographically isolated and economically disadvantaged groups.
The key goals of GPR ICARE are:
• Establishing sustainable and high-quality eye care services in underserved regions of India and other developing areas.
• Providing comprehensive training for all levels of eye care professionals to deliver effective and proficient eye care services.
• Active involvement in designing eye health programs in developing regions.
• Conducting operational and research projects aimed at understanding the most effective ways to deliver eye care services to communities.

L V P Eye Innovations emerged from the LVP-MITRA collaboration, uniting the L V Prasad Eye Institute with the MIT Media Labs. This initiative is dedicated to merging the expertise of eye specialists at the L V Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad with the brilliant minds of engineers and scientists from leading institutions worldwide, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The primary goal is to develop and implement cutting-edge eye care technologies for the future. The work hub is situated within LVPEI's Center for Excellence at Banjara Hills, operating closely alongside clinicians. The approach thrives on 'design thinking,' empathizing with all involved in eye care – from clinicians to patients. Leveraging LVPEI's extensive network of primary, secondary, vision centers, and partner facilities nationwide, this functions as an unparalleled incubator for these innovative tools.

LVPEI, a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, specializes in developing global human resources to prevent blindness by training eye care professionals worldwide. Recognizing that training and education significantly impact the reach and quality of eye health services, the Institute is committed to providing top-tier education facilitated by dedicated faculty and advanced technological tools. LVPEI's educational objectives are threefold:
1. Cultivate sustainable, high-quality eye care services for all professionals in underserved regions of India and other developing areas.
2. Contribute to the planning of eye health initiatives in developing nations.
3. Conduct operational and research projects to identify the most effective methods for delivering eye care services to communities.