Eye Hospital in Bangalore

I had been experiencing a lot of dryness and reddishness in my eyes for over 10 years and the problem was quite persistent and quite a disturbance to me. I was working in Jakarta, Indonesia at that time and sought help from the International hospital doctors who prescribed some eye drops. They were a relief albeit temporary and then after a few hours of the use of the drops the dryness and the irritation would set in. The reddishness was to follow without fail. 

I came back to India in 2006 and then tried out 3 different doctors in Bangalore over a span of 2 years with each one of them prescribing eye drops and on certain occasions an eye ointment. I was very uncomfortable not only with the dryness but the fact that I carried reddish eyes to my office was at times quite embarrassing. One of the doctors (read quack) in Bangalore gave a quick fix remedy for the reddishness in my eyes and his solution was that I should start wearing tinted eye glasses which would mitigate the way others looked and perceived the redness in my eyes.

By 2009 the situation had not got any better and some heaven sent angel informed me of an eye specialist hospital called Narayana Nethralaya. The hospital is located just adjacent to the ISKON temple on Chord Road and is specialized in just treatment of eye disorders. I believe that they have now opened up 2 more branches. Anyway, on reaching the hospital and on registration I was taken to few different departments were they did the initial checking and noted my concerns. Post the checking I was given an appointment with Dr. Rohit Shetty whom I could meet only after an hour or so given the large number of patients.

Dr. Rohit Shetty seemed to be a young man aged about 35 years or so and with the experience of an octogenarian he set upon doing another round of checking my eyes with the various instruments lying in his room. I have always had the habit of asking a lot of questions to the people I have dealt with (be it architects, doctors, lawyers etc) and probably a lot of them have been very stupid questions. But then how they approach and react to these, at times stupid questions is the litmus test which differentiates the experts from the morons. Dr. Rohit Shetty was definitely an expert.

The eyes are an organ which has a self lubricating mechanism and each time that we wink the tear ducts let out a fine spray of water which keeps our eyes free from dryness and cleans out the fine dust particles that may be present. In my case the tear ducts had developed a blockage and since the ducts did not allow much water to pass through the dryness had developed. Moreover due to the blockage the little water that was being sprayed was contaminated and that led to further complications of redness. Since the problem had now persisted for over 10 years and the eyes were under strain the eye pressure (something akin to blood pressure)  had increased beyond the permissible limit of 20 (don’t remember the units). All this was explained to me by Dr Rohit in a span of 20 minutes or so and he then directed me to another specialist who would start the treatment. After 10 years and change over of 4 doctors I finally had an idea of what was probably wrong with my eyes and didn’t have to resort to quack remedies of wearing tinted glasses.

The treatment started with some capsules (to stabilize the eye pressure) for a 3 day period and eye drops which were to be used till further evaluation after 3 months. The treatment went on for the next 2 years with periodic review after every 3 months and the effect was visible with a drastic reduction of the dryness and a noticeable change in the redness. I still continue with the drops and keep my dates with the hospital specialists every quarter just to ensure that it is on the right track. For me this has been a big relief and I respect the doctors and the entire staff at Narayana Nethrayala and now consider it not as a hospital but rather an institution which does a lot for the health benefit of the people in a correct manner.

The hospital charges Rs 200 as consultation fees and in case of a revisit within a fortnight there are no additional charges. The staffs manning the floors and appointments are educated, polite and courteous. For a person suffering from any kind of eye problem I would strongly advice for a visit to this institution. The decision whether to take treatment under their guidance or not finally rests with the individual. You can Google them for the contact numbers.