NEWS – Chief Minister of Karnataka launched ‘Asha Kirana’ scheme

ASHA KIRANA

• Scheme for free door to door Eye Care check
• Tagline – ‘Asha Kirana – Eye Care at Your Doorstep’
• Under the aegis of National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment and the National Health Mission
• Under the scheme –
  • Health personnel and ASHA workers conduct primary eye checkups for individuals of all age groups, directly at their homes
  • Those who have eye problems during the screening are referred to the primary health centre (PHC) for secondary screening
  • Individuals requiring spectacles undergo examination by ophthalmologists at the primary health centre, and will be provided with spectacles free of cost
  • Free surgeries will be performed for cataract patients at government hospitals, and hospitals of registered voluntary organisations
• Already been implemented successfully in four districts- Haveri, Kalaburagi, Chikkaballapur and Chamarajanagar
• In Phase-2, it will be implemented in Chitradurga, Mandya, Raichur and Uttara Kannada