Mahadeo Singhi Eye Hospital Pilani Rajasthan Grand Silver Jubilee Celebrations

Sept. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Way back in early 80s, there was a dire need for an Eye Centre in Jhunjhunu district located in the heart of Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. The Mahadeo Singhi Memorial Trust, Mumbai decided to set up a well-equipped diagnostic & surgical Eye Hospital in Pilani. To honour the request of the Singhi Family, Dr Pramod Sehgal who was yet to celebrate his 30th Birthday gave up his metro career at Delhi and decided to come to rural Pilani.  The Mahadeo Singhi Eye Hospital popularly known as M S Eye Hospital started functioning at Pilani from September 10, 1985.

The hospital soon gained fame as a centre providing excellent diagnostic facilities and surgical treatment in the field of Eye Care. Since then, over a period of 25 years the hospital has established itself in this part of Rajasthan as a prominent Eye Care service provider with the latest equipment, maintaining the highest standard in eye treatment, diagnosis and microsurgery. Presently the hospital apart from state of the art eye care has a Dental and ENT Department also.

Dr. Sehgal who is the founder Eye Surgeon of the hospital developed it into a premier institute in this part of Rajasthan. He started intraocular implants in 1990, phaco surgery (stitch less cataract surgery) in 1998, foldable Intra Ocular Lens IOL’s in 2001, multifocal IOL’s in 2007 all being the FIRST in the district and this part of Rajasthan.

Each year on Sep 10th which is the foundation day of the hospital, all consultations, refractions and eye operations are done free to all patients. Besides, round the year, the really deserving patients from the economically weaker section of the Society are provided treatment and surgery free of cost. The hospital also is well known for conducting periodic free Eye Camps every year. The remark “Very much upto the mark and portrays itself as a modernly equipped hospital comparable with the ones in any metropolitan city” by well known industrialist Shri Yash Birla speaks volumes about the hospital.

On September 10, 2010 the hospital celebrated its silver jubilee in a glittering function which was presided over by Shri HP Singhi doyen of the family. Shri GK Tiwari Member Revenue Board Govt of Rajasthan who was Guest of Honour gave an excellent speech giving statistics about eye care and blindness at national and international level. Shri Umesh Mishra IPS IG Anti Corruption Bureau Rajasthan was the Chief Guest.

The entire Singhi Pariwar, Shri RA Goenka from Goenka Pariwar and various other dignitaries from Pilani which included Director CEERI Dr Chandra Sekhar, Col VN Ratnakar Director Birla Education Trust, Director Birla Museum Dr. V.N.Dhaulakhandi, Principal Birla Balika Vidyapeeth Dr Kasturi, CMO Birla Sarvajanik Hospital Dr RK Jain, Pro Vice Chancellor Way to Transform Shridhar University Prof BR Natarajan, Principal Jamuna Mishra Academy Smt Booma Natarajan, Medical Superintendent BITS Dr Rajendra Prasad Pareek and several Deans from BITS were present for the function. The celebrations included a cultural programme studded with dance and music presented by students of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth and BITS Pilani.

When Shri HP Singhi presented a cheque of Rs 25 lakhs to CMO Dr Pramod Sehgal for his tireless and thankless service, it goes without saying that there was a thunderous applause.

If only India had more broad minded businessmen like the Singhi family and doctors like Dr Sehgal, the rural health map of the country would have been far more different.

For more details about the hospital, click http://mahadeosinghieyehospital.org/

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Mahadeo Singhi - MS Eye Hospital which started functioning on September1985 is a premier eye care service provider located at Pilani Rajasthan India. For more details about the hospital, click http://mahadeosinghieyehospital.org/