LVPEI institute for vision rehab bags award
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National Association for the Blind presented Sarojini Triloknath National Award in the best institution category to L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI)’s Institute for Vision Rehabilitation during a virtual ceremony.
Over the past 30 years, LVPEI has rehabilitated over two lakh people with low vision and blindness. Through various centre-based and community-based approaches, it aims to empower people with incurable vision loss, leading to an independent and dignified life.
The services offered include various aspects of care for every age group, starting from early intervention services for children to prescribing low vision devices to mobility, technology and employment training for adults.
Boston Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Sponsors a National Resource Center for the Visually Impaired in Chennai Through Vision-Aid
[Left-to-Right: Dr Joseph Williams (VHS), Prof. S Suresh (VHS), VL Narasimhan (Vision-Aid), Dr S Parthasarathy (VHS), Dr Ajitha Babu(VHS), Ms Devi Udayakumar (VHS)]
LEXINGTON, MA–Vision-Aid announced that it is partnering with Voluntary Health Services (VHS) to establish a new Vision-Aid National Resource Center in Chennai, India.
The center will be named the Srinivasan-Sundara Vision-Aid National Resource center, in honor of. Srinivasan Varadarajan and Sundara Srinivasan, parents of the generous supporters of this center, Venkat and Pratima Srinivasan, residents of the Greater Boston area.
Restoring vision
After losing his vision in a hand grenade explosion, Oleksandr Popruzhenko underwent surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute to restore his eyesight and his quality of life
Video: Johns Hopkins Medicine Dec 21, 2020
It was a sunny day in Kyiv, Ukraine when Oleksandr Popruzhenko, a 20-year-old senior lieutenant in the Ukrainian army, was training a group of 15 soldiers on the proper way to lob a grenade. Shortly into the training session, a de-pinned grenade fell short and rolled into a nearby trench. Without hesitating, Popruzhenko dove for the grenade, but before he could throw it, the grenade exploded in his hands.