The package system of surgery in the Ophthalmology department of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 (GMCH-32), has proved a big success since it was introduced two years ago. Nearly 800 patients are availing the facility every year.
The package includes the cost of intra-ocular lens and other consumable items, which are made available to the patients from the office of the Ophthalmology Department. Dr Raj Bahadur, Director-Principal of GMCH, said, “After getting a significant boost at GMCH following the response of patients, we are enlarging the scope of lenses in the package.”
This year patients will have the option of choosing from eight different lenses which will be offered at different costs. The cost of package A is Rs 10,300, package B1 and B2 Rs 8,400, package C1 and C2 Rs 6,700, package D1 and D2 Rs 5,500 and package E Rs 2,700.
The patient can choose any lens depending on his paying capacity and the type cataract, he said. The amount is deposited by the patients in the hospital and all items are issued from the Ophthalmology Department with complete transparency.
All these lenses are foldable and are implanted through 2.8 mm or 1.8 mm incision during phaco-emulsification, which is stitchless surgery.
The patient can go home immediately after the surgery and return for follow-up treatment next day, he added.
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