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    Investigate the causes and treatment of cataract blindness. What is cataract blindness? This is a type of blindness that is caused by a cataract, which is a clouding in the eye’s normally clear lens. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide and can affect either or both eyes. The normally clear or black pupil becomes clouded with a grey, milky colour and causes vision to become proportionally reduced. It has a great impact on a human’s independence because a cataract only allows light

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    What Is A Cataract?

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    condition in which the transparent lens becomes progressively opaque due to varying circumstances such as genetics, environment, and diet, amongst many other variables. Regardless of the pathogenesis from which the cataract developed, a reduction in visual performance and thus, visual acuity is exhibited. In order for the visual acuities to be enhanced again, the cataract needs to be removed. An ophthalmologist will remove it and replace the natural lens with an intraocular lens (IOL). Cataract surgery has

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    There are specifically some important macro-scale problems that should be addressed initially in order to help Aravind move towards fulfilling the organizational goals. Specifically these issues are looking at how the organization’s operations will be expanded in the future including how the organization needs to plan to grow so it can reach a broader number of the blind population, and also if the organization is truly eradicating needless blindness in India as well as providing the highest quality

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    related (starts with 45 years and increases dramatically after 65 years of age) Cataract as a major cause of blindness Cataract removal is a routine operation with a 95% chance of success. Two techniques used: 1. Intracapsular surgery without intraocular lens (ICCE) • Most widely used • Performed without an operating microscope & uses simple instruments •

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    Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, India, was founded in 1976 with a goal to offer quality eye care at a reasonable cost. Now as of 1992 there are three locations with a total of 1,224 beds and around 200,000 patients addressed per year. While these numbers are impressive relative to the starting point of the organization, if they continue unchanged it would take approximately 100 years for Aravind to clear the backlog of 20 million blind eyes currently in India, longer with approximately another 2

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    Aravind Eye Hospitals

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    Topic: Designing and managing services Case: Aravind Eye hospital CASE UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS Aim of Aravind Hospitals: To treat the eyesight of the poor people in each and every part of India and in other asian, africa countries and in countries across the globe. Founder of Aravind Hospitals: Initially it had three surgeons :Dr. Venkataswamy, his sister, Dr. G.Natchiar; and her husband, Dr. P. Namperumalswamy .Dr. Venkataswamy is the founder of Aravind Hospitals. Personal tragedies

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMERY:- It gives a detailed theoretical analysis of leadership, communication based on different authors and analysis of those theories by segmenting communication style and transformational leadership it also explains the characteristics of a transformational leader and how he uses his oratory skill to deliver his message effectively in an efficient way, it explains different types of communication style and in which situation it should be used. Based on the above theoretical explanation

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    HRM1004 Essay. The Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, In Service for Sight. Student Name : Nidhi Sharma. MISIS Number : M00607653. The Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, In Service for Sight. The Aravind Eye Hospital has achieved a lot of success even though it started off as a hospital only with 20-beds and 3 surgeons in Madurai, India, in 1976. How did they achieve such an enormous success? Is it because they were following the principles of McDonaldization

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    William Duran Aravind Case Study Introduction In a country plagued by curable and needless blindness, 58 year-old surgeon Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy recognized upon retirement that his 100,000 sight-restoring surgeries were not enough of an impact to fight blindness in India and cure the 12 million people affected by it. With a big dream, but no money, no business plan, and no safety net, he embarked on a journey to start an organization with a single purpose in mind: to give sight for all. Starting

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    Now however, there are several modern ways when it comes to correcting vision problems including corrective eye surgery. Corrective eye surgery ranges from laser reshaping of the eye surface known as LASIK and PRK to a surgically inserted artificial lens that corrects the eyesight. Within LASIK and other such similar procedures, laser energy reshapes the curvature of the eye’s clear front surface known as the cornea and alters the way that light rays will enter your eye. This isn’t too different from

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