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Contact Lens Clinic
By Ms. Rajeshwari; reviewed by Ms. Akila
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We have a state of the art Contact Lens Clinic at Sankara Nethralaya. Our Contact Lens Clinic has highly qualified and experienced professionals who ensure that the patients are given the best lenses after proper testing. The primary aim of this Department is to:

  • Promote the use of contact lenses to all eligible patients
  • Provide quality products and services on an ongoing basis
  • Teach and train patients in the correct usage of contact lenses and solutions
  • To train optometry students and fellows in the fitting of contact lenses
  • Provide solutions for difficult cases with best available specialty lenses
  • Participate and conduct many continuing education programs
Conduct research projects

Services provided

  • Dispensing of different types of regular contact lenses – Soft Disposable Lenses, Soft Conventional Lenses, Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses, and Hard Lenses.
  • Dispensing Specialty Contact Lenses – Scleral Contact Lenses, Soft Toric Lenses, Rose-K Lenses for Keratoconus, Bifocal Contact Lenses, Piggyback Lenses for Keratoconus, Soft-perm lenses
  • Dispensing of Contact Lens Solutions for Soft Lenses and Rigid Gas Permeable Lenses.

Infrastructure Available

  • Contact Lens Clinic is available at Sankara Nethralaya Main, Jagadguru Kanchi Chandrasekharendra Nethranilayam, Navasuja Sankara Nethralaya, and at our Rural Eye Hospital.
  • Qualified Optometrists fully trained in contact lenses
  • Fully equipped clinics with OPD Equipment, keratometer, Topographer, Aberrometer, Specular microscopes, Pachymeter and other research and diagnostic facilities.
  • A full trial set of soft conventional, disposable, RGP lenses, other specialty lenses available at all our clinics for trial purposes.

Unique Service, Facilities, Infrastructure

  • A full set of Soft Disposable Lenses and Soft Conventional Lenses are available at both Sankara Nethralaya Main and Navasuja Sankara Nethralaya. This helps the patients receive the lenses immediately without having to come back
  • A set of 1000 RGP lenses has been kept as stock at Sankara Nethralaya Main. At least 60% of patients fitted with RGP lenses are given lenses immediately. This facility is available for the first time in India.
  • Sankara Nethralaya is one of the two centers that fit Scleral Contact Lenses in the country for patients with Advanced Keratoconus.
  • Rose-K lenses are fit for patients with Moderate Keratoconus
  • Toric Contact Lenses are fit for patients with even high astigmatism
Contact Lens clinic available at all our centers