Smart Phone Based Teleophthalmological Services of MKCG McH, Berhampur

Abstract

BACKGROUNDThe rural citizens who constitute major portion of Indian population are underprivileged as they have very little or no access to tertiary eye care. In order to make eye care services accessible to everyone, the concept called teleophthalmology has come into existence. A mobile van with eye-care-experts and equipment regularly reconnoiters through the rural population in the district of Ganjam to carry out screening, offsite diagnosis, monitoring, providing treatment and distantly educate the paramedics. The whole gamut of activities of this initiative can be categorized into three broad aspects. The first one is to screen out patients with treatable ailments and advise them for future course for a better prognosis. The second one is to educate the paramedics and ophthalmic assistants of their locality and generate consciousness among the mass. The third one is smartphone-based transmission of information of patients to the Prof. & Head and to other senior faculty of Department of Ophthalmology for treatment on the spot or to store information for use subsequently.

18th World Lake Conference. Governance, Resilience and Sustainability of Lakes for a Better Society

“…However, Figure 5 (b) revealed that the population density and biomass of four sectors showed major differences between northern sector and outer channel area. The NMDS study further revealed that the entire lake acts as three different units (Mahapatro, 2017) during tropical cyclone condition. First the fresh water province (northern sector), second is the marine province (outer channel area) and third one is the brackish water unit (central and southern sector).…”

“…According to Mahapatro (2017), Mahapatro and Kadam (2018), and Mahapatro et al (2021), the outer channel of Chilika is a highly biodiversity rich province since it harbors numerous microhabitats such as (i) sea grass & seaweed bed, (ii) molluscan reef bed, (iii) mangrove vegetation, (iv) sand dune vegetation, (v) intertidal mudflats, (vi) subtidal shallow region, and (vii) diminutive creeks. Combination of all these microhabitats within the outer channel area provides immense habitat support for the congregation of wide range of flora & fauna (Mahapatro, 2017;Mahapatro andKadam 2018, &Mahapatro et al, 2021).…”

“…The indirect impact, for instance, damage of body forms & disease to marine life, loss of food and spoil of feeding ground such as coral reefs, is devastating, of which deleterious effects may be felt at slow pace but whose drastic consequences may be experienced in the short future (Harmelin-Vivien, 1994;Paerl et al, 2001). Coastal lagoons are ephemeral, in geological time scale, located in the juncture of land and ocean interface (Mahapatro et al, 2013;Mahapatro, 2017). These are the shallow coastal dynamic structures having complex ecosystem functioning, highly productive, immensely rich in biodiversity (for instance, Chilika Lake), and provides large scope for the exploitable fisheries resources (Mahapatro et al, 2013;Mahapatro, 2017).…”

“…Coastal lagoons are ephemeral, in geological time scale, located in the juncture of land and ocean interface (Mahapatro et al, 2013;Mahapatro, 2017). These are the shallow coastal dynamic structures having complex ecosystem functioning, highly productive, immensely rich in biodiversity (for instance, Chilika Lake), and provides large scope for the exploitable fisheries resources (Mahapatro et al, 2013;Mahapatro, 2017). Such ecosystems are the immediate victims of any kind of natural or anthropogenic disturbance that may be reflected through loss in biodiversity and sharp decline in the exploitable fisheries resources (Mahapatro et al, 2013;Mahapatro, 2017).…”