That's exactly I am saying, Angina, They want to cure blindness, and only cure it. They don't bother how to live with it. Do you think some solution will be panacea for all? Take corneal blindness. One third blind people in India have it. Cornea can be easily harvested and transplanted to cure such blindness. Still, has it vanished totally? Not a bit. Even though it is totally in our hands. Lot more corneas than required are burnt, buried etc. So, any technological solution is going to benefit a handful of persons. The key is in living with it. Anybody boasting of working for the blind must be sensitized about legitimate needs of the blind. My emotions or sentiments are not hurt. I have been squarely insulted in the name of blindness, as even after inviting me and my brother as faculty, they flatly refused us to bring escorts, citing lack of funds. They put me to a lot of inconvenience. Try to understand. It is not the matter of emotions, but it is the matter of logic. Let those who can be cured, cured. We have to live with it, and It is my choice if I take escort or not. All big big philosophies about independence I know. But they all dissolve if you are knocked down by a speeding car and you even cannot see where you are lying.
-----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Anjina Bhat Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 10:39 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] hi hi all I have been in constant touch with Dr rajat sharma from Retina -india , I think he is doing his best to work for blindness. he is very optimistic person and really want to cure blindness . i can understand thaht someway if anybodys sentiments must have get hurted but we should always see the positive aspect of person and move on --- i am pasting one artcle here which was posted on times of india yesterday _________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW DELHI: For millions of Indians who suffer from loss of vision due to retina damage and age-related macular degeneration , there is now hope. A bionic eye which would help them see is going to be developed indigenously . The visual device would use eyeglasses fitted with digital cameras and a retinal implant and has been successfully tried on patients abroad. The co-inventor of the global project, Dr Rajat N Agrawal , says he wants to make the implant affordable here and will work to bring down the cost of the implant to Rs 5 lakh from its present cost of Rs 45 lakh (approx). "We are collaborating with experts from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and several IITs to indigenously develop a cheaper variant of the eye implant so that people here can afford it. We are also trying to get the central government to fund the research project," said Agrawal, an assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Southern California. Agrawal was working as a retina specialist at Sankara Netralaya in Chennai till 2001. After this he joined a group of scientists in US who were working to develop this bionic eye. He holds the patent for the device along with his colleagues . The bionic eye developed by Agrawal and his team consists of a chip fitted behind the retina. The system works by converting video images captured from a miniature camera in the patient's glasses into a series of electrical pulses transmitted wirelessly to the chip, itself an array of electrodes. These pulses then stimulate the retina's remaining cells, resulting in a corresponding perception of patterns of light in the brain. "We have used this implant successfully on 37 patients of advanced retinitis pigmentosa - a disease caused by damage to the retina. The patients have shown improvement in daily activities and some can even read large letters ," he said. Dr R V Azad, chief of retina services and professor ophthalmology, AIIMS, confirmed that he has been contacted to participate in the new project. "The invention of this medical implant is a beginning and further modification is required to improve the visual capabilities, precision and to reduce the cost. It will take time," said Azad. -- Anjina On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan <vadhimoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > My sister and I were taken to hospetels all over Tamilnadu by my > parents and it was an ophthalmologists who finally advised them to > give-up the treatment and look for our future educational options. > Such advises are very crucial indeed. So while it is okay to look for > cure, it should not be the soul purpose of an organization if it > claims to be dealing with visually challenged people inn general. So > for those of you going to the convention, you should make this point > very clear. > > Vetri. > > On 22/09/2011, Deepak Kumar Singla <deepakkumarsin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Very surprising that no one from Retina India has come out with any response >> yet!!! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> >> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 10:54 AM >> Subject: Re: [AI] Insult to blindness >> >> >>> Who said retina India is working for problems of VI? >>> They believe in curing and curing it only. >>> It is a medical organization espousing medical purpose. >>> Consequently, they, like doctors in general, cannot be expected to have an >>> >>> awareness about life with blindness. >>> In fact, instead of what RI is doing at the convention, i.e. making blind >>> listen to Ophthalmologists, it should be doing the converse, I.E. Making >>> ophthalmologists listen to blind about life with blindness. >>> This is because more often than not, ophthalmologist is the first point of >>> >>> contact for a person coming to know of her his blindness, and >>> ophthalmologist creates first impressions of future life of a person with >>> her or his blindness. >>> So, it is only proper that they are aware of life's possibilities with >>> blindness. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >>> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of mukesh jain >>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 9:04 PM >>> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>> Subject: Re: [AI] Insult to blindness >>> >>> Hello, >>> It is with deep sorrow in informing all of you that few days ago when >>> I approach RPI for getting registered myself for the convention with >>> escort over the telephone I first had to wait long for communication >>> and then don't know phone line was getting disconnected several times. >>> After long efforts, I could get through. >>> >>> While requesting for the escort permission for the convention, I had >>> been informed that common escort would be shared amongst small group >>> of VI persons during the convention hence, you need not bring your >>> individual escort. >>> >>> I do understand the huge response they may have received for the >>> convention since it is organised at national level but my point of >>> concern is they should have analyse the difficulties in advance prior >>> to organising this event because in outdoor programs VI person feel >>> more convenient with individual escort at several occasions. Further >>> not only this but the way of replying over the phone was also very >>> strange wich can not be discussed on the public forum. >>> >>> I have nothing against any organisation but just to let you know about >>> my pain. Since communication was made over the phone I afraid giving >>> any evidence but with the feeling that this pain can be served as eye >>> opener for any organisation working for the blind to be aware about >>> the prospective scenarios to handle the problems of vi persons before >>> arranging any event, I shared this with you. >>> >>> >>> On 9/21/11, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote: >>>> HAHAHA!!!! >>>> Blindness has to be only cured, or overcome!!!! Not to be lived with, >>>> Isn't >>>> it? >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in >>>> [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Himanshu >>>> Sahu >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 12:08 PM >>>> To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in >>>> Subject: Re: [AI] Insult to blindness >>>> >>>> Very strange... >>>> How can being faculty supplement the need of escort? >>>> Or, does it mean that the blindness of participants is only worth >>>> allowing for carrying escorts and faculty members have some kind of >>>> superpower to overcome their blindness? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/20/11, BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA <bsvermad...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> sir, better you should lodge a written complaint against them. soft copy >>>>> does not fulfil the purpose. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> >>>>> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:05 PM >>>>> Subject: [AI] Insult to blindness >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Friends >>>>>> It is with deep remorse that I am informing you of shameful behaviour >>>>>> of >>>>>> an organization called Retina India. >>>>>> RI is holding a national convention in Delhi on September 24 and 25. >>>>>> They invited me and my brother Dr. Prof. Vinod Asudani, for some >>>>>> sessions >>>>>> in the said convention. >>>>>> However, all their invitations were, oral to begin with, and when I >>>>>> wrote >>>>>> to them for written invites they forwarded without essential details >>>>>> like >>>>>> registration Number. >>>>>> Again, I had to plead for registration number, which they grudgingly >>>>>> provided. >>>>>> Anyway, the confusion and inco-ordination reached to such a level, that >>>>>> they first invited me and Dr. Vinod, then rescinded the latter's >>>>>> invite, >>>>>> then again reconfirmed it and now have finally withdrawn invites of us >>>>>> both resulting not only in hardship and anguish but waste of human and >>>>>> financial resources. >>>>>> The ground given for such abrupt U Turn is that we said we would be >>>>>> accompanied by escorts. >>>>>> Now, it goes without saying that a totally blind person requires an >>>>>> escort >>>>>> >>>>>> for effective mobility, otherwise, there is a clear risk to his/her >>>>>> life. >>>>>> besides, lack of escort surely compromises efficiency in outdoor and >>>>>> new >>>>>> surroundings to widely varying degree for the totally blind. Anybody >>>>>> claiming full and effective mobility and dignity in moving about new >>>>>> surroundings and in a vast campus without an escort is indulging in >>>>>> self >>>>>> delusion. >>>>>> We have witnessed this often enough to hazard any such venture. >>>>>> The tone and manner of their communication is hurtful, to say the >>>>>> least. >>>>>> >>>>>> They claim that none of the people are accompanied by escorts in the >>>>>> convention. >>>>>> It baffles me how a NGO working for blind does know so little of the >>>>>> basic >>>>>> >>>>>> needs of the blind community. >>>>>> I am compelled to conclude that actually the NGO is run with clearly >>>>>> defined medical goals for researching the cure for some retinal >>>>>> conditions, and consequently is totally unaware of actual needs of the >>>>>> blind or totally blind. >>>>>> >>>>>> I am not writing this out of personal motives, even though their >>>>>> behaviour >>>>>> >>>>>> has caused much needless anguish to me and my brother. >>>>>> Besides a personal insult, such a conduct is an insult to blindness in >>>>>> general, and anybody compliant in such conduct is contributing to such >>>>>> an >>>>>> insult. >>>>>> The propaganda of the organization surely creates false hopes in the >>>>>> hearts of hapless blind which is cruel to say the least. >>>>>> Psychologically, it also hinders the full acceptance of the condition >>>>>> which is a sine qua non for effective living with blindness. >>>>>> >>>>>> In fine, RI is nothing more than a clique of medical doctors doing >>>>>> research, to whom a handful of blind folk have rendered support in the >>>>>> false hope that the treatment is just round the corner and workable for >>>>>> most blind people. >>>>>> Let me remind one and all that living with blindness is the key to a >>>>>> good >>>>>> life as a blind, and these tantalizing illusions of a complete cure for >>>>>> most be guarded against. >>>>>> My above observations are duly supported by oral and e mail records of >>>>>> the >>>>>> >>>>>> way in which our legitimate requirements were condescendingly granted >>>>>> by >>>>>> organizers, and When I spoke up, the invitations were summarily >>>>>> withdrawn. >>>>>> I have no dearth of conventions to attend, but I appeal every blind >>>>>> person >>>>>> >>>>>> having self respect to give matter a thought and decide for her or >>>>>> himself >>>>>> >>>>>> the course of action in lending unqualified support to an NGO which is >>>>>> cut >>>>>> >>>>>> off from the totally blind and their life. >>>>>> >>>>>> I know the rules of this group do not permit mails against any group in >>>>>> particular, but this definitely is an out of ordinary situation in the >>>>>> blind field, and I thought to let everybody know the other side of all >>>>>> pomp and glory projected by such NGOs. 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