Netrika Eye Care · Outreach
Free eye screening, held where people live.
Our teams go to villages, slums and schools in East and West Champaran. People get their eyes checked close to home, and patients with cataract are operated on free of cost.
A doctor checks a patient’s eye by torchlight during a screening.
Much of the blindness in our community is curable and avoidable. A hospital cannot help someone who is unable to reach it, so we take eye care to them.
The screenings we run
Different people need different screenings. Each one is built around the people it serves.
General eye screening
Open to people from villages and slums. Patients with cataract are operated on free of cost.
School eye screening
Extensive screening in schools, so eye problems in children are found early. We hope to eliminate childhood myopia, and children also learn how to look after their eyes.
Diabetic eye disease screening
Special screening and awareness talks on diabetic retinopathy, with thorough retinopathy check-ups.
ROP screening and treatment
Free screening and treatment for people with ROP who belong to the lower strata of society.
Community and workplace sessions
Public events with local communities and NGOs, offering free screenings and consultations. Corporate sessions teach the value of regular check-ups and healthy visual habits, especially for screen-heavy jobs.
We have also proposed lifelong free eye treatment for children in orphanages and for mentally challenged children.
From our screenings
Photographs from Netrika screenings and from the hospital in Motihari.
People wait their turn at an eye screening.
Patients with protective dark glasses wait together.
A sapling is handed to a patient.
A patient is examined in the consulting room.
A recent screening
125 patients
Examined free at a school in Ghodasahan
Bhaskar News reported on a free eye screening held at Thakur Ram Mathura Prasad Higher Secondary School in Ghodasahan. It was organised with Kalwar Seva Manch, and a Netrika Eye Care team from Motihari, led by Dr. Kamlesh Kumar, examined the patients.
People came from dozens of villages in Ghodasahan and Banakatwa block, and some travelled from Nepal.
Photograph from the Bhaskar News report on the screening.
After the screening
If you need more than a check-up
Anyone who needs treatment can be seen at Netrika Eye Care Hospital in Motihari, which has all eye OPD and IPD services under one roof for paying and non-paying patients alike.
- Cataract surgery
- Done with an advanced PHACO machine for safer removal of cataract.
- Glaucoma
- Diagnosis and treatment to manage eye pressure.
- Children’s eye care
- Pediatric ophthalmology and squint therapy.
- General eye care
- Routine exams, dry eyes, infections and spectacles.
- Diabetic retinopathy, inflammation and uveitis
- Early detection and targeted treatment.
What our team takes care of
You are not left to manage alone
- Diagnosis, and eye care before and after treatment
- Ease during treatment and the recovery stay
- Check-ups after treatment, as per the calendar
- Medicines from our in-house pharmacy, and eyewear from our in-house optical store
- Pick-up and drop from Netrika centres to the nearest local transport
- Accommodation for family members who come with the patient
To take eyecare services to the doorstep of the patient, rather than wait for the patient to come to the hospital.
One of the founding principles of Netrika. Services are open to everyone, regardless of caste, colour or creed, whether they can pay, pay a little or not pay at all.
Bring a screening to your area
We organise public events in partnership with local communities and NGOs, and work with community-based organisations and government departments. If you can bring people together, we would like to talk.
- Schools that want their children screened
- Villages, slums and community groups
- NGOs and community-based organisations
- Offices and companies
We already work with Rotary Club, Lion’s Club, Bharat Vikash Parisad, Chamber of Commerce East Champaran and Swach Raxaul.
Ask about a screening near you
Screening dates are not listed on this page. Call or write to us and we will tell you what is planned, or talk through holding one for your community.
Call +91-6207357860 netrikaeyecare@gmail.comOpp- Rahmania Hospital, Block Road, Bhawanipur Zirat, Motihari, Bihar 845401