Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences

Ophthalmology Centre THQ Hospital Arifwala provides comprehensive treatment solutions for patients seeking treatment for various eye diseases. Our experts provide treatment for hundreds of rare to common eye conditions with full range of eye care which includes routine eye exams to complex eye surgery. Our Ophthalomology Centre Arifwala offers specialized treatment for patients suffering from different eye-related diseases.  We also offer refractions, prescribe corrective lenses and offer refractive  surgery, cosmetic eyesurgery and contact lens services, including scleral lenses. Our team of doctors and staff work closely with you to understand and address your eye care needs. We provide most advanced treatment options for eye.

Aims and Objectives

Enlisted below are the aims and objectives:

  • To provide outdoor and indoor facilities (Eye checkup, IOL, Glaucoma, and other specialized surgeries) for poor and needy patients free of cost throughout the year
  • Enhance comprehensive Eye care delivery programme, in cataract surgery in particular, in the deserved areas in Whole City Arifwala
  • To serve the community in control of blindness through preventive, curative and promoting measures by establishing eye care services in rural areas of City Arifwala
  • To integrate the permanently blind, predicted blind as well as the poor-sighted people into common society
  • To combat avoidable and unavoidable blindness in the City Arifwala with a comprehensive community eye care concept to organize Outreach Screening Camps to provide eye care facilities to the rural and tribal communities

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Enlisted below are the SOPs:

  • Consultant will be responsible for assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with eye diseases in OPD, IPD and emergency
  • Conducts eye OPD with his team regularly on specified / notified days and time as per Hospital Policy
  • Reviews referrals by MOs/other Specialists and from the lower facilities to establish diagnosis and proper management
  • Reviews referrals by MOs/other Specialists and from the lower facilities to establish diagnosis and proper management
  • Plans and performs surgeries on specified days & time as per hospital policy
  • Performs emergency eye surgeries on patients admitted through A & E Department as & when required

Future Plans

Enlisted below are the future plans:

  • To focus on Eye Health Services. Demand for concerned Human Resource accordingly
  • To segregate disease wise Management OPD rooms and provide detailed Eye Care Services to the patients
  • To enhance current man power facility to cope with in increasing number of patients
  • Currently existing insufficient indoor facilities be enhanced. At least 10 male and 10 female beds be allocated for eye indoor patients
  • A separate Ophthalmic operation theatre with new space be arranged, keeper in view the increasing number of patients