BPKLCOS

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Prof. Dr. Sagun Narayan Joshi

Executive Director

B.P. Koirala Lions Centre for Ophthalmic Studies has been established under the umbrella of Institute of Medicine with the mission of to improve the eye health status of people of Nepal by providing comprehensive eye care through training of component, compassionate, caring and socially responsible ophthalmic workforce sensitive to the needs of both individuals as well as of large population groups living in urban and rural areas by collaborating with all stakeholders. With service as the supreme priority, the center has yet another equally important purpose of producing highly skilled ophthalmic human resource determined to fight against blindness. The struggle of the center to minimize blindness does not remain confined to the national territory only as the center trains ophthalmic manpower for many other developing countries as well.

Introduction

Since the establishment of BPKLCOS in 1996, the main mission of is BPKLCOS is Education, Service & Research. Today, in 2019 Tribhuvan University’s department of ophthalmology and BPKLCOS are a proud alma mater of 144 Ophthalmologists, close to 100 optometrists, several thousand of medical and nursing graduates. There are rare examples of a single department of any medical institute having trained such large percentage of health professionals in any specialty of health science for the entire country. Many of the eye health departments and institutions in Nepal and abroad are headed by our alumni and we take pride in our alumni and their contribution in mitigating blindness. This centre has trained students from 7 countries and our alumni are working in more than 15 developing and developed countries.

Ophthalmic Diagnostic Services

Ophthalmic diagnostics services play a crucial role in eye hospitals by providing comprehensive assessments and evaluations of various eye conditions and diseases. These services involve the use of advanced diagnostic techniques and equipment to accurately diagnose and monitor eye health.

At the centre, ophthalmic diagnostics services cover a wide range of evaluations and tests to identify and manage eye-related issues. These services are typically performed by highly trained ophthalmologists, optometrists, and other eye care professionals who specialize in diagnostic procedures.

One of the primary goals of ophthalmic diagnostics is to assess visual acuity and refractive errors, such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. This is often done through visual acuity tests and refraction measurements to determine the appropriate prescription for glasses or contact lenses.

Additionally, ophthalmic diagnostics services include the evaluation of eye health and the detection of eye diseases. This may involve the use of specialized imaging techniques, such as optical coherence tomography (OCT) or fundus photography, to examine the structures of the eye, including the retina, optic nerve, and cornea. These tests can help detect conditions like glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and other retinal disorders.

Furthermore, ophthalmic diagnostics may include assessments of the eye’s alignment and movement, evaluation of the anterior segment of the eye (including the lens and iris), and assessment of the intraocular pressure to screen for conditions like strabismus, cataracts, and glaucoma.

The results obtained from ophthalmic diagnostics services provide valuable information for ophthalmologists and other eye care professionals to develop personalized treatment plans and monitor the progression of eye conditions. Regular diagnostics and monitoring are essential for early detection, effective management, and prevention of vision loss.

In- Patient Services

Located on the 4th floor of the main building of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), our in-patient services are provided in the eye ward comprising 33 beds out of which 4 are provided as free beds for deserving patients. Cabin rooms are also available as per patient’s preference. Patients requiring intravenous medications, preparation for major surgeries, multi-specialty treatment or those requiring any close monitoring are admitted in the eye ward where they are kept under vigilant care of the highly trained and specialized nursing staff and doctors on-call round the clock. It is one of the most well-maintained and managed in-patient wards of TUTH which also serves as an excellent place for resident doctors, interns and nursing students to equip themselves with bedside patient care skills helping each rising person in the medical field sharpen their knowledge for their bright futures.

Ophthalmic Laboratory Services

Equipped with recent and advanced laboratory facilities that are run by a highly efficient team of lab technologists and lab technicians perform various tests which include hematology, biochemistry, microbiology, serological tests. This unit also provides autologous serum to patients with severe dry eye.

This also plays a very important role in the teaching-learning activities among all the MD residents, B.Optometry Students and other faculties as well. In addition, various research activities are also being aided by this unit.

Ophthalmic Surgeries

Operation Theatre is one of the important service where patients get good quality surgery in BPKLCOS. OT services run 6 days a week in BPKLCOS as routine day care services. Further more, Emergency OTs and OTs requiring general anesthesia are performed in TUTH OT. Besides, there is community OT which runs once a week. Cases are brought from community from satellite clinics and screening camps.

In BPKLCOS OT there is facility of advanced microscopes, new equipments that are required for different types of OT. The OT is has facility for all kinds of surgeries.

Different types of surgeries done daily and patients get quality service. Cataract surgery is one of the most commonly done surgery here. Besides, Pars plana vitrectomy, keratoplasty, collagen cross linking, DCR surgery and many more surgeries are done here regularly.