To build India’s first PC & tablet-based software therapy for children suffering from Cortical Visual Impairment
Narayana Nethralaya in collaboration with Acer India launched the PC + tablet-based software, ‘VisioNova’ designed for children suffering from Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI). The initiative by Narayana Nethralaya and Acer India aims at breaking down barriers and providing patients with better access to treatment.
Acer VisioNova, a path-breaking innovation was conceptualised as a mobile alternative to on-site therapy for CVI children that will offer them the standard of care. Narayana Nethralaya as a part of its ‘Buds to Blossoms’ initiative provides dedicated therapy programmes to help children develop and improve motor, cognitive and visual abilities that significantly improve their quality of life.
Acer provided PC and 100+ tablets under its CSR initiative. Acer further intent to supply around 2000 tablets for patients where patients can pay the hospital a small, refundable deposit and receive the tablet for use from the comforts of their home and continue treatments even with COVID disruptions.
The tablet will offer CVI patients exercises that can benefit and help them develop and improve their deficient skills and visual abilities that significantly improve the quality of life. Also, since many specialised therapies that are deployed require expensive equipment that needs the child to be present at the centre for the entire duration of the treatment, the tablet will allow remote therapy under the mentorship of Narayana Nethralaya’ CVI experts, making this treatment accessible to the outreach.
Harish Kohli, President and MD, Acer India said, “It is a matter of pride for us to join this innovative collaboration with Narayana Nethralaya where technology helps break barriers to improve lives. Acer VisioNova engineered the overall solution, comprising both the software and the hardware. At Acer, we always believe in closing the gap between people and technology and to meaningfully improve clinical outcomes and reduce the systemic cost of healthcare, VisioNova will help patients with timely access to care when they need it.”
“With Buds to Blossoms and Acer India initiative, we are aiming to make differently-abled children independent and integrate them into the normal stream of society. This collaboration is important for us to help integrate the CVI patients. Acer VisioNova is a next-gen software which is a dedicated solution to help hundreds of visually impaired children from their homes,” said Dr Bhujang Shetty, Founder & Chairman, Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute, Bengaluru.
