Bharatpur Eye Hospital has provided service not only to patient who come to the hospital but also to patient in remote areas who do not have access to the hospital through various outreach activities. In addition to the conduction of DST camps, cataract surgical camps, diabetic retinopathy camp and school screening program throughout the year, BEH has also been involved in awareness campaigns through training to FCHVs, Drug Retailers, School Teachers and Women Groups with the aim of reducing preventable blindness in the community.
Community outreach activities are the major activities of the hospital being conducted all the year round. In this year a total of 59 DST camps, 16 Surgical Camps, 4 DR camps, 101 school screening, 1 color vision test camps and 8 work place camp were performed. A total of 42,894 patients took their service through these outreach activities. 2,944 sight restoring cataract surgeries were performed through DST and Surgical camps, contributing to 31.4% of total cataract surgeries performed this year. 29,017 OPD patients were served from 2 secondary eye hospitals (Kawasoti and Thori) and 57,999 patients were served through 18 eye care centers.
