Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology

Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology
Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology
Geography
Location	Gaushala, Bagmati Bridge ; Kathmandu, Nepal
Coordinates	27°42′19″N 85°21′03″E / 27.70536°N 85.35073°E
History
Opened	1994
Links
Website	www.tilganga.org
Other links	www.iapb.org

Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, formerly called the Tilganga Eye Centre,^[1] in Nepal is the implementing body of the Nepal Eye Program, a non-profit, community based, non-government organization launched in 1992. It was founded in part by ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon Sanduk Ruit.^[2] The current facility was opened in 1994.^[3] The World Health Organization recognized Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology as a WHO Collaboration Centre of Ophthalmology in 2019.^[4] In Nepal, it is the second institute, and first institute in the field of ophthalmology to receive this designation.^[5]^[4] It provides various speciality services of Ophthalmology.

Facilities

According to the centre, provided facilities include:^[6]

A clinical facility for eye care.
An education & training department which runs Fellowship program, MD Residency Program in Ophthalmology, Master of Optometry,^[7] Bachelor in Optometry and Vision Science, Certificate in Ophthalmic Science and short term trainings.
An outreach unit which runs 2 community eye hospital, 18 rural community eye centres and high-volume outreach microsurgical eye clinics for the rural community throughout Nepal and committed similar efforts regularly in China, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia and North Korea.^[8]
An eye bank which undertakes cornea harvesting activity to provide corneas for corneal transplant operations and awareness programs for overcoming resistance to eye donation.
A manufacturing facility^[9] which specializes in the production of intraocular lenses (IOLs).
A research unit which focuses on improving clinical as well as operational activities.