21 March 2025

Vision On Wheels – Retinopathy Of Prematurity (ROP) Eye Screening For Pre-term Babies

Fourrts (India) Laboratories jointly with Rotary Club of Adyar, Chennai inaugurated a Corporate Social Responsibility project –  “RC ADYAR – RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY (ROP) EYE SCREENING FOR PRE-TERM BABIES” by donation of Toyota Rumion, a seven-seater vehicle to aid the project – “VISION ON WHEELS” being run by Gurupriya Vision Research Foundation, an initiative of Radhatri Nethralaya Eye Hospital, Chennai to screen just-born, pre-term babies for ROP by teleophthalmology in rural Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.  This project will prevent blindness in Infancy through timely laser surgery, which avoids long-lasting consequences for the affected child and Family, profoundly impacting the educational, employment, personal and social Prospects of many families.