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Divyajyoti Trust is a registered charitable trust under Public Charitable Trust Act established recently by philanthropic minded individuals involved in the services of poor people for last two decades.Having imbibed the ideas and ideals suggested by Gandhiji to serve the nation,they have decided to devote their life to the service of humanity in interior rural tribal areas.Joined by several like minded people, trust will get involved in all the activities to help the poor community with the help of available manpower & resources.

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Divyajyoti Trust


Smt.Nipuna Vijay Hirachand Dalia Family Campus, Kim Road, Amalsadi, Dist. Surat - 394 163, Gujarat, India
Ph. No.02623 - 221180
Eye Bank Mo.No. 7046991251
Regd. No E 6921 - Surat. 19.1.2010

Hospital Schedule Time:-
Monday to Sunday:-8:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m
2:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m
Sunday:-General OPD -Open
Specality OPD- Closed

Web-mail :- divyajyoti@divyajyotitrust.org
E-mail :- divyajyoti.icare@gmail.com




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  • We have performed 1681 surgeries during this month which is equal to what we did in December last year –1657. Leaves of doctors and paramedical staff due to marriage season required some extra efforts from those who were available. They have managed the work nicely.
  • Dr. Uma Shroff cleared the FAICO – Paediatric Ophthalmology exam. Many congratulations.
  • Dr. Vrunda Gogadani from Surat joined us from 22nd December for her one and a half years Comprehensive Ophthalmology fellowship.
  • Training of optometry students is going on well. New batch of first year students have joined the college. Regular sessions are started.
  • New batch of Vision assistant students had joined from 1st August. Theory classes are going on regularly. Their skills are improving quickly. Somehow, for unknown reason, we have seen more drop outs in this batch.
  • Convocation function of 7th batch of Optometry students took place at the Uka Tarsadia University campus on 28th December in the presence of Governor of Bihar Mr. Arif Mohammad Khan. Ms. Vedanshi Saindane received gold medal.
  • Prof. Hiteshbhai Bhatt took one more online session for our supervisors and core group members. The intention is to teach supervision skills to the team. After a long time, some positive changes are seen which is a very good sign.
  • Dr. Uday attended IMA NATCON during the last weekend of December. IMA has completed 100 years and it was a grand celebration.
  • Vimal Prajapati, Maitry Adhvaryu and Pooja Chaudhari attended Webinar on Effective Communication & Patient Interaction Skills organised by Mission for Vision on 30 December 2025
  • We have continued bimonthly visit of a team consisting of Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmic assistant, maintenance staff and cleaning staff to vision centres. During this month, our team has visited Vyara, Kim, Selamba and Dediapada centres.
  • We have continued door to door screening in Mangrol taluka. During the month, we have screened 25496 individuals and distributed 1273 readymade spectacles and 297 tailor-made spectacles.
  • At the suggestion of Mission for Vision, we have taken up a project of screening 1000 construction site workers. During the month, we organised screening at three sites and screened 357 construction workers and distributed 167 Spectacles.
  • We have screened 129 babies and treated 2 babies during the month.
  • We have continued school screening in Netrang taluka. During this month, we have screened 2515 children. Refraction was done for 90 children and 43 have been provided spectacles free of cost. 47 students have been referred to the base hospital.
  • Last set of 24 blinds are taken up for rehabilitation work from November. Alongside, follow up of curable blinds identified during the survey is also going on. We have continued conducting weekly diagnostic eye camps in the project area. 9 Camps were organised during the month. 647 patients were examined and 83 surgeries have been carried out.
  • We have continued enrolment of patients in Eyecryl Toric IOL study, Eyecryl 600 plus IOL study and Eyecryl ASHFY 600 IOL study of Biotech last month. By the end of December, we have enrolled 78, 76 and 78 patients respectively. Enrolment of patients was started for Omni EDOF IOL study also during November. 25 patients are enrolled in EDOF IOL study.
  • Our article on “Prevalence and risk factors of caterpillar hair induced ophthalmitis in rural Gujarat: A retrospective analysis” is accepted for publication in Global Journal of Cataract Surgery and Research in Ophthalmology”. Dr. Uma Shroff is the chief author. Congratulations to the team for doing laborious data analysis.
  • One poem on festival celebrations written by Dr. Uma has been published in AIOS times.
  • A site monitoring visit was carried out by Omni IOL manufacturing co. team for their EDOF IOL study project. They expressed satisfaction at the data collection and storage. They discussed two more possible projects. They were happy to see the premises
  • We are getting ready for the ORCB project – we are going to study the reasons for delay between ward and OT. This will be a good learning experience.
  • Schools had reopened in June. There are eight students in the hostel right now. Kids have settled well.
  • Our staff member Vikrambhai, who is differently abled, secured second place in chess. Rupeshbhai won first place in cricket. Rupeshbhai also secured first place in shot put. Vidyaben secured third place in discus throw and second place in running. All of them participated in Khel Mahakumbh.
  • We have started doing LASIK procedure (Removal of spectacles) from last month. Total 2 patients have undergone LASIK during the month.
  • Umarpada comprehensive screening project implementation started from September 2024. Door to door screening was completed in July 25. Follow up activity was started for all those who were referred but have not yet availed services. We have screened 83044 Individuals in total which includes 22 new screening done during this month. 13 Camps were organised and 903 individuals were examined and 161 cataract surgeries and 10 other surgeries have been performed including patients referred from vision centres and walk in patients coming to the base hospital. Due to winter season, the response of patients is better. Our team participated in the Sarpanch meeting in presence of MLA and gave information about the project and requested for their cooperation.
  • Kakrapar CSR Team signed MOU for cataract operations. By the end of December, 269 operations have been completed.
  • A parents meeting of our Vision assistant students was organised during the month. Parents were made aware about the programme and the progress of their kids. We tried to understand their expectations and gave them feedback about individual students. Our faculty members shared their experiences.
  • Team members from Lions club of Surat Crystal visited us during the month and they sponsored 20 cataract operations.
  • Team of trustee, architect and donor of the land for upcoming new NGO hospital in Dholka visited us to take a look at the campus and understand the planning of new hospital.
  • Civil Judge of Umarpada Mr. Vipulbhai Patel visited us and was happy to see such a nice set up and comprehensive eye care activities in remote area.

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