Honourable Excellency Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles, inaugurated “MIOT International Total Eye Care” in the presence of First Lady Ms. Linda Ramkalawan, Minister of Health Ms. Peggy Vidot, Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles His Excellency General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Dr. Prithvi Mohandas – Managing Director, MIOT International and Ms. Lisa Chetty, Director, MIOT International Total Eye Care. With immense pride and joy, MIOT International is proud to present to the nation of Seychelles, MIOT International Total Eye Care – “PUTTING VISION FIRST”
Seen in the Photograph standing from left to right:
Ms. Lisa Chetty, Director, MIOT International Total Eye Care, Ms. Peggy Vidot, Minister of Health, Seychelles, Honourable Excellency Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles, Ms. Linda Ramkalawan, First Lady, His Excellency General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles, Dr. Prithvi Mohandas, Managing Director, MIOT International.
THE STORY BEHIND
MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India has been the go to hospital for the Ministry of Health Seychelles since the year 2010. The Seychelles government sends citizens who cannot have their treatment done in their own country to MIOT Hospitals for medical care in over 63 specialities ranging from new born children to adults. So great is their faith and trust in MIOT Hospitals that even at the height of the COVID 19 pandemic, over 100 patients from Seychelles availed medical treatment at MIOT Hospitals in 2021.
Following discussion with the Honorable President Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan and responding to his personal request, MIOT Hospitals MD Dr. Prithvi Mohandas made successive trips to Seychelles in 2021 to explore and propagate the possibility of end to end care in Seychelles itself. Thus was born MIOT International Total Eye Care, a totally private entity, providing the A to Z of eye care from diagnosis to complete treatment at their doorstep to the citizens of Seychelles.
Located at the heart of the city in the sprawling Espace building in the capital Mahe, it has synergies with the mother ship in Chennai. There is absolutely no space constraint, adequate parking facilities and superb ambience which make the patient feel that he is indeed at MIOT Hospitals, Chennai.
The 5,000 sq feet facility opened its doors on 14 Jan 2022. After inauguration by the President of Seychelles in the presence of the Indian High Commissioner to Seychelles His Excellency General Dalbir Singh Suhag, the facility is now accessible to the public for all their ophthalmology needs including surgery. The facility employs 16 Seychellois and 6 Indians. It is the 1st Indian hospital to provide Full Time Services in Seychelles.
LIST OF EYE CARE SERVICES OFFERED: FROM SIMPLE EYE POWER TESTING TO TREATING
MIOT International’s collaboration with VISUS Optical of Seychelles
For the development of the facility, MIOT International partnered with VISUS Optical, a leading optical care centre at Seychelles and works with the goal to eradicate preventable blindness in Seychelles.
And thus, with the support and the wish of the Honourable President of Seychelles, the prescience and the hard work of Dr. Prithvi Mohandas and the expertise of Ms. Lisa Chetty of VISUS Optical was born a facility that would change the way Seychelles would see.
PUTTING THE PATIENT FIRST
The clinic was designed and envisioned by keeping the people’s safety in mind with social distancing measures and the care of the patient begins as soon as they enter. The mission is to provide an all-round holistic eye care to the patients and a variety of treatments are delivered under one roof, at global standards.
LATEST TECH @ MIOT INTERNATIONAL TOTAL EYE CARE
From diagnosis to treatment, MIOT’s commitment to excellence is providing exceptional patient experience on a whole. Likewise, the technology that backs our expertise is on par with the international eyecare standards and the best in their class.
- Autorefractor Keratometer
- Computerized tonometer
- Slit lamp Microscope with Applanation tonometer
- A-scan
- Visual field analyser
- Indirect Ophthalmoscope
- Keratometer
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- YAG & GREEN Laser
- Phacoemulsifier
LATEST TECH @ MIOT INTERNATIONAL TOTAL EYE CARE
OCT is a non-invasive diagnostic instrument used for imaging the retina. It has the ability to detect problems in the eye prior to any symptoms being present in the patient.
With an OCT, doctors are able to see a cross section or 3D image of the retina and detect the early onset of a variety of eye conditions and eye diseases such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma – which are some of the most common diseases known to cause blindness. Using an OCT allows for early treatment in patients and dramatically improves the success of these treatments.
PROCEDURE ROOM
Safe and hygienic procedure rooms with perfect equipment to perform composite corrective procedures. The room is equipped with an Operating Microscope, CATARHEX 3 Phacoemulsifier for procedures. They work in tandem and are super-efficient such it can break an opaque Cataract lens into small pieces with an incision of just 2.2mm.
The procedure room has also been fit with high intensity, powerful HEPA air filters that always circulates fresh and clean air (30 times per minute) to keep the standard of hygiene in the room high, at all time. The perfectly planned procedures give you the convenience to return home on the same day.
LASER ROOM (YAG & GREEN LASER)
The state-of-the-art laser room has been set up with the latest Retinal Green Laser and APPA YAG 307, Yag Laser with Super-gaussian mode, which are highly sophisticated laser equipment that has the ability to correct a whole variety of aliments in a swift and efficient manner. Ailments like ‘Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy’ and ‘Narrow Angle Glaucoma’, which are common and chronic occurrences, are treated here with the lasers. The state-of-the-art equipment allows us to complete the procedure in less than half an hour.
MIOT International Total Eye Care marks the beginning of a new path, with a vision, between MIOT and Seychelles in reaching great milestones in healthcare for the country.
MIOT International Total Eye Care, “Putting Vision First”
