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Hyderabad October 16, 2024:
The Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute, a centre of excellence for cornea care at the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), has performed the highest number of corneal transplants ever (over 50K), by any eye care institution in the world. This places LVPEI at the top of large volume cornea care centres in the world. The L V Prasad Eye Institute, at its Dr Kallam Anji Reddy Campus organised an evening to celebrate this milestone.

In India nearly 2% of the adult population is blind and about 13% are visually impaired. Corneal opacities are the second major cause of blindness in India among those who are 50 years and older—and the primary cause in those younger. Infection, trauma or other damage can make the cornea opaque, leaving the person blind. In such cases, the solution may be a corneal transplant, where the opacified cornea is replaced with a donor tissue.

This milestone was made possible by a committed group ...

Hyderabad, 17 October 2024: L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and Standard Chartered Bank have partnered to launch 'LVPEI@Home', at-home eye care service, aimed at delivering comprehensive eye care directly to patients' doorsteps. This initiative is a key part of the Bank's commitment under the 'Seeing is Believing' programme to enhance access to quality eye healthcare, especially for the elderly and those with mobility challenges.

The United Nations Population Fund’s India Ageing Report 2023 highlights the growing elderly population in India, with 149 million people aged 60 and above - a number expected to nearly double to 347 million by 2050. Given this demographic shift, innovative healthcare models like LVPEI@Home, which will be operate from the LVPEI’s Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad, are crucial to meet the increasing demand for elderly care and reduce the strain on conventional healthcare infrastructure.

LVPEI@Home services can be scheduled via ...

The Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute -at the LVPEI has achieved the distinction of performing the highest number of corneal transplants ever by any Institution in the world. LVPEI has performed over 50,000 corneal transplants since its inception in 1987.   

This monumental achievement was made possible by the diligent squad of our doctors and the extended team, and the trust reposed in us by scores of supporters all over the world who were generous with their treasure, time, and talent. All this would not have been possible but for the generosity of cornea donor families in their hour of grief. 

The Shantilal Shanghvi Cornea Institute ((SSCI) was the first of the Institutes of Excellence conceived at LVPEI. Envisaged as a global resource centre, it works to impact all the key causes and forms of corneal impairment and blindness in the world. It is a major resource for capacity building and development of cornea care facilities across the world. It o...