Evaluation of the Utilisation of Cataract Surgery Services in South Article

military rating of the Utilisation of Cataract Surgery Services in South India - Article ExampleBlindness is a major health problem in India. It has been estimated that about 12 million people are suffering from sightlessness in India, the dominant cause of which is cataract. Cataract accounts for nearly two-third of blind population in India. The Government of India launched National political platform for Control of Blindness in 1976 and the World Bank Assisted Cataract Blindness Control Project in 1994, with the aim to bring down the incidence of blindness from 1.4% to 0.3%. To achieve this, inwardness care infrastructure and kind-hearted resources were developed, accessibility to eye care services were increased and quality of eye care services was mendd. As a result, many cataract surgeries were performed and are being performed at various visual camps to restore vision of the affected persons. Cataract is easily treatable by surgery. Though extracapsular cataract extract ion (ECCE) is much better than intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) in terms of upshot and patient satisfaction, not many surgeons are trained in ECCE. Also, it is much costlier and takes longer time. Consequently, a corporeal part of cataract extractions are still performed as ICCEs. In a study by Nirmalan et al (2004), it has been describe that a large proportion of people who required eye care did not utilize eye care services at the time. In our study, we would like to evaluate the utilization of cataract surgery services generally in South India and find out reasons for not utilization so that policies can be recommended to improve these health services.