National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB)

Chief Minister MISSION DRISHTI Programme :

PRESBYOPIA is a common condition related with old age in which the eyes do not adjust to any object kept at short distance due to which the person faces difficulty in seeing objects which are closer.
To tackle this problem among old-age persons, Chief Minister MISSION DRISHTI has been approved for distribution of free spectacles to the patients suffering from PRESBYOPIA.
As a part of this programme, 1,66,500 spectacles will be procured and distributed totally free of cost to the patients out of which 66,597 No. Spectacles of different powers have already been purchased by NHM.
The spectacles will be distributed through the health facilities where the ophthalmic assistance / trained person will check the power required for a patient and will issue the spectacles to the patient.
The services will be available at all health facilities till PHC level and at Sub-Centres where Community Health Officer (CHO) is posted.
The Ration Card Number of the beneficiary will be collected for entry in beneficiary management system.
Chief Minister Mission Dristi Programme is launch by Honorable CM, Govt. of Tripura on 12th March,2021 .

Overall Objective :

Reducing prevalence and burden of avoidable blindness by 2020 by adopting strategies advocated for Vision 2020: The Right to Sight.

Goals and Objective :

Providing high quality of eye care services to the affected population.
Expanding coverage of eye care services to the underserved areas.
Reducing the backlog of blindness by identifying and providing services to the affected population; and
Developing institutional capacity for eye care services by providing support for equipment and material and training personnel.

Activities :

Present sinerio :

No of District Blindness Control Programme = 06 Nos.

Hospitals where tertiary eye care service available Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital

Hospitals where Phaco surgeries are done are as follows -

Hospitals where Cataract Surgery and IOL implantation facilities available

Cataract Surgery During the year 2022-23: Target:12139 Cat. Opts.

District	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Total
West	422	604	520	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1546
Sepahijala	72	97	135	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	304
Khowai	44	70	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	186
Gomati	16	11	02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29
Unakoti	-	-	02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	02
Dhalai	29	51	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	115
North Tripura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Tripura	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
State Total	583	833	766	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2182

Total No. of camp=35

School Eye Screening During the year 2022-23 : Target: 40,000

Particulars	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Total
No. of Teachers Trained	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
No. of Student Screened	287	135	105	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	527
Refractive Error	02	11	07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20
Provided Glass (free of cost)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
No. of school covered	03	03	01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	07

Eye Donation :

Months	Eyes collected	Eyes utilized
May 2022	-	-