Kalinga Eye Hospital and Research Centre, the leading eye care centre of Orissa started making its presence feel in the remote areas of Orissa through Fixed Screening Centre.

In world today 135 million of the population are visually impaired and 85 million people are blind. Largest on of them are in India and in every five minutes one more people goes blind. But most importantly 80% of the blind ness is due to cataract which is treatable and curable.

But in Orissa the health care services are poor and what ever infrastructure exists, exists in coastal Orissa only. The people of central and western Orissa lack accessibility to these minimal infrastructures forget about the modern health care facilities. Due to low level of income coupled with poverty and lack of awareness along with lack of accessibility to existing health infrastructure are the chief reasons for why one can find minimum 10,000 visually impaired and blind people in Orissa.

Kalinga Eye Hospital and Research Centre is (KEH & RC) is the only comprehensive and state of the art eye hospital with all contemporary surgery and eye care facilities available in the central Orissa which is free to the people below poverty line and is nominally charged to the people above poverty line.

This was established by National Youth Service Action and Social Development Research Institute (NYSASDRI) in 2002 and today it functions as an independent autonomous unit. It is operational in Dakhinakali road, in Dhenkanal. The international humanitarian organisation, Unite for Sight (UFS) has been partnering and supporting NYSASDRI for eliminating preventable blindness and improving eye care infrastructure and awareness in Orissa. Since last one year it has been rendering its service to the people with the slogan WE SHARE EYE CARE.

In the month of Sept one centre each at Bhuban and Parjanga are opened to cater to the need of the people with eye problem but cannot afford to come down to the hospital by incurring a days wage loss. These centers cover a stipulated geographical area where by medical team consisting one doctor, one paramedic, one ophthalmic assistant, and one counselor would attend the camps on a fixed date. The date would be displayed on a displaying board in advance. “14 such centers will be established in near future” Says Sunil Mishra Hospital Manager, KEHRC. The aims of such centres are to reduce the expenditure incurred on publicity and information dissemination as well as providing hassel free services to patients on a fixed day.