To screen all school students in Coimbatore district by next year
Sankara Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, will screen all school students for eye defects in one year under its Rainbow programme, according to Dr RV Ramani, Founder and Managing Trustee of Sankara Eye Foundation India.
Delivering a speech on the occasion of inauguration of the Sankara LASIK Laser Centre at its Sivanandapuram complex in Coimbatore on April 24, 2025, Dr Ramani said that in May 2025, Sankara Eye Hospital would be stepping into its 49th year of eye care service to the community.
The hospital launched the Rainbow Programme to detect and treat school children with eye diseases to prevent potential blindness. Under the programme all the school children in the entire Coimbatore district would be covered in the next year, he said.
“There are 14 Sankara Eye Hospitals in India now, and the 14th one was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Varanasi. On the direction of Prime Minister Modi, Sankara Eye Hospital would set up another eye care facility in Patna, Bihar. The Bihar State Government has already allotted land in the heart of Patna city for the purpose,” Dr Ramani said.
Chairman of the Sankara Eye Foundation India Dr SV Balasubraniam in his welcome address said that the institution had been offering world-class eye care with social impact for the past over four decades. It had also been associated with the district administration for decades providing the best solutions to eye care. This could be made possible by human resources, singular expertise, equipment and infrastructure, he added.
Dr JK Reddy, Director-Technical Head, Cornea & Refractive Surgery, said that the LASIK Laser Centre was equipped with laser system from one of the world’s technology leaders—Germany’s Schwind Amaris 1050RS.
