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Role of Optometrists in India
In India, optometrists play a vital role in ensuring visual comfort
of millions of people who
need eye care. Optometrists work every day to save many schoolchildren from visual
impairment or dropping out of school by timely prescription of glasses, help the elderly
regain vision with glasses or timely referral for surgery, and also in multiple rural
and
urban areas by identifying potentially dangerous conditions that threaten eyesight or
require surgery.
This service is not just in rural areas where medical care is
inaccessible
but also in urban areas where optometrists are approached for advice as the primary eye
care professionals! In the corporate sector too, optometrists are rendering specialized
service in contact lenses, orthoptic management, low vision, ocular diagnostics and many
other areas.
Why Optometry Council in India
Mindful of the need to certify and regulate the competence and standards of Optometrists
and
of Optometry Schools and Colleges; the Indian Optometry Federation (IOF) and the
Association
of Schools and Colleges of India (ASCO) have together established a private, peer
regulating
Optometry Council of India in September 2012.
BENEFITS OF OCI
Quality eye care
Cost effective eye care
Ensure delivery of quality education in optometry colleges
Provide adequate optometry work force
Develop skilled optometry work force
Facts on Eye Care in india
More than 450 million people in India need glasses today.
India has only one ophthalmologist for every 2,00,000 people.
Optometry has contributed substantially to reducing the burden of uncorrected refractive
error and common eye disease in India.
Vision & Mission
VISION: Assuring excellence in optometry education &
equitable eyecare for India.
MISSION: The Optometry Council of India (OCI) is a
professional regulatory body with the responsibility of establishing &
maintaining
high standards of optometry education & recognition of optometry qualifications
in
India. It registers optometrists in order to maintain quality, and provide equitable
& accountable eye care services for the people of India.