The Department of Ophthalmology, established in 1999, has been a fully functional unit in the Central Referral Hospital (CRH) and has been consistently doing exemplary work in patient care, both directly in the hospital as well as in outreach camps across the state of Sikkim.
The Department of Ophthalmology provides undergraduate training in Ophthalmology according to the new competency based medical education curriculum mandated by the National Medical Commission.
The department has a team of Ophthalmologists with Consultants as well as Resident Doctors, optometrists, technicians, and staff nurses (OT trained).
The Ophthalmology Department provides holistic eyecare services through:
Health Sciences Research drives evidence based health care and widens / deepens the knowledge base of the health discipline.The medical colleges offering health professional courses should foster research activities amongst faculty and students that would inculcate research aptitude amongst the present and the prospective health care professionals. Such research activities requires structure, plan and coordination. The SMU Research is formed with the mandate of coordinating all activities related to research of faculty / students across all health disciplines. This website provides all related information on research activities undertaken at our institute.
Explore moreVisual Acuity and Refraction with Automated Refractometer
Colour Vision testing
Visual Field analysis by Automated Humphrey Perimetry
Intraocular Pressure measurement by Applanation Tonometry and Automated Non-Contact Tonometry
Direct and Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
Slit Lamp Biomicroscopic examination of Anterior and Posterior segment(+90 D)
Macula and Glaucoma OCT
Contact lens clinic
Dry eye evaluation
USG- A-scan and B-scan
Cataract Surgeries- SICS and PHACO
DCT and DCR
Trabeculectomy
Excision of mass/tumours/cysts
Corneal wound repair
Intravitreal Injections
Correction of Entropion, Ectropion, Ptosis
Pterygium excision
Intraocular Foreign body removal
Lid laceration repair