AIIMS Delhi to develop app for eye patients

To provide the best eye care treatment and also to create awareness about eye treatment procedures, AIIMS Delhi is developing an app for eye patients.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi has been developing a mobile app for eye patients to create awareness about hospital admission, transplantation and post-surgery follow-up. 

AIIMS Delhi, RP Centre Chief, Dr JS Titiyal said, "I think it’s a demand of time. COVID has also made us realise that you have to approach people in a different manner because a physical approach may be difficult sometimes. It’s only for people coming from far-off places”, as reported by Republic World.

"We are going to have a camera system in that which can take the photograph of the eye, especially the interior part, cornea, and this picture we can see in the national eye bank, which is 24 hours working every day and report back to the patient if they are suffering for some disease. If they have been registered with us, we can tell them what is their timeframe for coming for admission and transplantation,” Dr Titiyal further added.

More details about the app

The app will belong to AIIMS Delhi only and will be a simple one as said by Dr Titiyal. However, the mobile app will help connect AIIMS to other hospitals for any kind of support for admitted eye patients during or after transplantation.

Pointing out the difficulty in the follow-up of a patient after any surgery, Dr Titiyal said that in case a patient develops a rejection after an eye transplant, it has to be treated within a few days. With the help of the application, the patient's condition can be immediately picked up and he/she can be immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. 

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