AIOS can go the #MeToo way! Dr. Digvijay Singh, MD, Faico Director, Noble Eye Care Gurugram In the face of increasing violence against doctors, which has occasionally ended up with fatalities, there is a need for urgency when it comes to reacting to an escalating situation. At the same time there is a need for […]
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Violence on Doctors
Where We Stand and How to Avoid Dr. Krishna Prasad Kudlu Dcirector, Prasad Nethralaya, Udipi, Karnataka < Dr. Gopal Pillai S Head of Ophthalmology Department, Kochi Medical College and Amrita, Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Dr. Neeraj Nagpal Convener, Medico-Legal Action Group Violence on doctors has been on the rise. The doctor-patient relationship […]
Insurance and Ophthalmology
Dr. Keiki R Mehta Director, Mehta International Eye Institute, Mumbai Dr. SPS Grewal Director, Grewal Eye Institute, Chandigarh Dr. Elenkumaran Pashupati Director, Navshakthi Nethralaya, Bengaluru Dr. Krishnaprasad Kudlu Director, Prasad Nethralaya, Udipi, Karnataka Medical insurance is inadequate and the coverage incomplete in India despite multiple government schemes to cover individuals, since most of […]
Myopia and Macula
Prof. (Dr.) Atul Kumar Chief, Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi Dr. Srikant Padhy Senior Resident, Vitreous – Retina Services Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, aiims, new delhi Dr. Twinkle Parekh Junior Resident, Vitreous – Retina Services Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi Introduction Myopia is […]
From the Desk of Managing Editor
It gives me great pleasure to bring out another issue of AIOS Times. This time, we are focussing on issues in ophthalmology that affect all of us ophthalmologists and the doctor community at large. One of the first such issues is the growth of medical insurance network and its consequences. While it is a good […]
From the Desk of Executive Editor
Incidents of violence against doctors in India have increased over the last few years. Most of the doctors in the country are concerned about their safety at work. There was a time when doctors in our country were bestowed upon a divine status. There was a huge amount of trust and respect between the doctors […]
From the Desk of Editor-in-Chief
There have been various burning issues plaguing the ophthalmology circles and probably the medical fraternity at large. Among these, the major ones which can be identified include growing medicolegal cases and violence on doctors. A specific situation for ophthalmology has been the Pre-Conception and Prenatal diagnostic techniques act which has brought under its larger definition, […]
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An Update from the ASCRS 2018 Annual Meeting
DREAM Trial The Dry Eye Assessment and Management (DREAM) trial was designed to provide comprehensive information on the effects of n–3 fatty acid supplementation on dry eye disease. It was a double-masked, randomized, multicenter clinical trial. The trial included 535 patients with moderate-to-severe dry eye disease randomized 2:1 into a treatment group (daily oral dose […]
Refractive Surgery
Prof. (Dr.) Rajesh Sinha Professor, Dr. RP centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, india Isotretinoin may not be a contraindication for keratorefractive surgery Ortega-Usobiaga et al evaluated the functional outcomes of laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in patients taking isotretinoin, a drug which is considered a contraindication for these procedures. […]