Driving the Winds of Change in Ophthalmology

In 1985, ophthalmologists Dr.Prakash Kankaria and Dr. Sudha Kankaria from Ahilyanagar made a path- breaking trip to Russia. They eventually returned to India to shake up Indian ophthalmology with the learnings they had gathered studying the benefits of radial keratotomy from Dr. Fyodorov.

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The duo set about establishing the Sai Surya Netra Seva in their hometown to bring relief to numerous patients affected by visual defects. Today a stream of patients from all over India and abroad as well, are cutting a pathway to their clinic to avail of the new technology.

Additionally in 1988, the Kankarias also introduced the advanced technology of phacoemulsification for cataract surgery. Unmindful of their growing fame, in 1990 they also developed automated lamellar keratoplasty. By 1995, they had started LASIK surgery, making Ahilyanagar the first place in Asia to perform LASIK surgeries using solid-state lasers under the auspices of Sai Surya Netra Seva.