Sankara Nethralaya is one of India’s leading eye care institutes. Started in 1978, the institution, which is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is a not-for-profit and non-commercial organisation.

WHAT IS TELEOPTHALMOLOGY?

Transferring slitlamp and fundus image from mobile unit to central hub through teleconnectivity,where senior opthalmolgist diagnoses and advices the patient accordingly.

Teleopthalmology mobile unit has covered more districts in several states,which is listed below:

Tamilnadu mobile unit:

Thiruvallur,Kanchipuram,cuddalorechidambaram,Ramanathapuram
Nagapattinam,Pudukottai,Dinduga,Madurai.

Karnataka mobile unit:

Tumkar,Kolar,Mandya,Mysore,Chamraj Nagar,Bangalore Rural.

Maharastra mobile unit:

Washim,yavatmal,amaravathi,nagpur,wardha,chandrapur.

Kolkata mobile unit:

Hugli,siliguri.