History of Lions Seva Eye Hospital

Lions club of Jabalpur was established in the year 1996. The problem of avoidable blindness in the unavailability of early intervention towards eye care has been a major concern in the Indian healthcare scenario, especially in Purba Bardhaman District, West Bengal. 

Understanding that in a developing country like India the government alone cannot meet the health care demands of the aspiring population hence to facilitate the outcome few socially conscious members of Lions Club of Jamalpur dreamt of an Eye hospital to serve the people of Jamalpur Block & other Block & Villages of PurbaBardhaman district, West Bengal and hence Lions Seva Eye Hospital was envisaged in 1998. The hospital is governed by a trust called Lions Club of Jamalpur Welfare Trust. 

By virtue of its location, Jamalpur Block is part of the Khandaghosh Plain, which lays in the south-western part of the district, The Damodar flows through the area. The left bank of river Damodar is protected against flood with embankments in portions of the south of the Damodar River. The region has alluvial soil of recent origin. Unlike the rest of Bardhaman district, which lies to the north of the Damodar River, the Khandaghosh-Jamalpur-Raina area lies on the alluvial plains between the Damodar on its southern/ eastern side and the Dwarakeswar River. As a result, it has been a flood prone area.

The hospital which began with offering basic patient care service added several features thereafter. In the past two decades, the organization’s approach has undergone a sea-change. As the volume of patients has increased the quality of its services, equipment and capacity has also gone up enormously, thanks to the support of international agencies and philanthropists. The human resources at the hospital have also strengthened as a result of recruitment of more skilled ophthalmic surgeons and paramedics as well as administrative and support staff.

Lions Seva Eye Hospital (LSEH) A Unit of Lions Club of Jamalpur Welfare Trust – A NABH Entry Level Accredited Eye Hospital located in Post & PS – Jamalpur, District – Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal –was established in 1998 with the objective to provide quality eye care services with affordable cost to the people of the area towards eradication of preventable blindness and other eye diseases. It is a 30 bedded day care eye hospital & has two buildings having floor space of 12000 sq.ft. The hospitals having 7 permanent Vision Centres and 11 partnered Centres where from a substantial nos. of patients are coming to hospital for treatment of eye diseases and surgeries. 

Lions Club of Jamalpur welfare Trust have all statutory clearances like 12 A & 80 G under IT Act 1961, FCRA (as per amended rule), CSR registered (as per amended rule), DARPAN ID etc.

LSEH is the only dedicated Eye Hospital in the area within a radius of 50 KM. The service area population is approx… 25.00 lakh and well connected with Durgapur Expressway and Howrah – Burdwan Coard (Rail) line. The hospital is having sate of the art facility with latest ophthalmic equipment, including diagnostics, treatment facilities & Pathology setup

The service area of the Lions Seva Eye Hospital is a central place covering 25 lakh populations and spread over three districts and 12 blocks of Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly & Bankura districts. The area is rich in agriculture production & per-capita income is relatively higher compared to other areas of the State.

Since its establishment, the hospital has restored the vision of more than 50,000 individuals by providing cataract and other eye surgeries. Around 30% of the surgeries are provided free of cost to the poor and downtrodden people.

LSEH is the Institutional Member of Vision 2020 & has partnership with Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), Operation Eyesight Universal (OEU), SEVA Foundation, Sightsavers India and Give Sight Global. The LSEH also partnered under the CSR scheme of Cognizant Foundation, Indian Oil, Ncourage Foundation (Tata Chemicals).

LSEH is the partner hospital under the GSI programme of SEVA Foundation.

LSEH is a ISO 9001-2015 certified hospital, & approved service provider under Govt. of West Bengal Swasthya Sathi scheme, West Bengal Police & other leading Insurance &TPAs’.

Annually 50,000 plus patients are examined & 3,000 plus eye surgeries are conducted. LSEH has taken up a programme to extend its reach to more areas by way of establishing a full ledged Vision Centre. In fact SEVA Foundation and OEU both have sanctioned one Vision Centre each which are scheduled to open within March, 2022. The Board has decided to attain an OPD target of 80000 and surgical target of 6000 within 2025-26.

Apart from the eye hospital LSEH is having an Ophthalmic Training Institute running Diploma in Optometry & Ophthalmic Technic (DOPT) Training Course under State Medical Faculty of West Bengal & Ophthalmic Nursing autonomous courses.

We are extending eye care services with all sub-specialties including the Medical Retina unit through specialty qualified eye surgeons, paramedics & other technical staff. We are also planning to expand our services by adding more latest ophthalmic equipment and continuous skill development training of staff.

Seva Dental Care Clinic:

Apart from the eye care services LSEH also running Seva Dental Care Clinic. The clinic has been established year2014. Presently the clinic attended by a qualified Orthodontist having MDS degree. Different Orthodontist procedures and Pediatric dentistry are now available in the clinic. The facility is only available in the clinic at a very affordable cost. The procedure includes RCT, Breeze, Complete Tooth restoration, Scaling etc.

Seva Homeopathy Clinic:

To extend the spectrum of service delivery Lions Seva Eye Hospital has opened its Seva Homeopathy clinic to provide homeopathy treatment facilities to the community of this region. The Clinic is very popular in the area. A good number of patients are regularly getting treatment facility from qualified and experienced Homeopathy Practitioner. The patient turnout is average 50 per day. People from all sections of society will get treatment at a very low cost.

Amar Sathi Project:

Amar Sathi project has been conceptualized by Lions Club of Jamalpur Welfare Trust with multiple objectives to provide support to the rural women. The targeted area is as under.

  1. To make awareness about maintaining Menstrual Hygiene of the rural women to save them from different diseases including cervical cancer due to following of convention method during periods.
  2. To create employment among the rural women by providing engagement opportunity to them.
  3. To produce Low Cost sanitary napkin and distribute the same among the rural women.

We have started mass campaigning and organizing awareness camps in assistance with SHGs from May, 2019. From the experience it reveals the women are in dire need of low cost napkin and they are ready voluntarily performing duties if Jamalpur Lions Club takes the lead in the matter. After much discussion we have organized an all women group PRERONA comprising a strong contingent of 100 women from different age groups and all belongs to different SHGs. Thereafter we have tapped different source for manufacture of low cost sanitary napkin and finalized with Vatsalya Foundation of Madam Swati Bedeker and Shyam Bedeker of Baroda.

TIASHA – Drinking Water Project:

A safe drinking water facility installed just in front of the hospital for providing drinking water to the people. The area is very important and busy where a number of Govt. offices, Police station, two High Schools are situated besides our hospital. The demand of drinking water is very high. The daily consumption is 1000 litre plus. The quality of the water is very good and local residents are also started collecting drinking water from the unit.

The project was commissioned in support of Ncourage Foundation- the CSR arm of Tata Chemicals Ltd.

Vision Statement

To become a centre of excellence by providing quality healthcare services to all & committed to ensure highest possible standards, to satisfy community needs, expectations, safety & reliability

Mission Statement

Committed to provide quality, affordable healthcare services through dedicated teamwork and making it accessible to the unreachedy

Values

Patient Centric Approach

We maintain our patient service in priority one. We are committed to our standards of service through dedicated team work to exceeding the expectations of those we serve

Excellence in Service Rendered

We are committed to our standards of service excellence and dedicated to exceeding the expectations of those we serve. We believe in continuous improvement in our service quality based on patient feedback & learning.

Patient Safety

We are committed to provide absolute patent safety & security without compromising quality eye care standard.  We have close monitoring mechanism of the patient & employee safety parameters.

Team Work

We foster an atmosphere of trust, collaboration, transparency, openness and cooperation between patient & employees. Team members carry out their role & responsibilities with sincerity.

Respect

We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone including patients, colleagues, stakeholders, and partners. We pay particular attention to the patients’ rights to privacy, confidentiality, and information.

Integrity

We are transparent, ethical and maintain a culture of trust and accountability. We bring openness, transparency and honesty to our communication with patients, employees, stakeholders, Partners.

BROADER OBJECTIVE

The LSEH aims to become a Centre of Excellence in eye care by providing quality & affordable eye care services available to the unreached.
Following are few important objectives for achieving its long-term goal:

  • Develop as an Ophthalmic Training Centre in the region. Coming up with various short-term training courses to build capacity of ophthalmic and paramedical personnel. The organization also plans to provide short term trainings, Seminars, Workshop and help in capacity building of other eye health care support professionals in the region through a robust training methodology imparted by a skilled trainer workforce.
     
  • Expand eye care service delivery in under-served areas through improving and up scaling the Outreach activities.
     
  • Capacity building of the underprivileged/wicker section women through a livelihood project & create employment among the rural women by providing engagement opportunity to them.
  • To produce Low Cost sanitary napkin and distribute the same among the rural women.
  • Where we are

Lions Eye Hospital today have a geographical spreaded in Purbaba Bardhaman, Bankura & Hooghly districts

Making Primary Eye Care reachable to unreached

Vision centres play a vital role in making affordable Eye Care services accessible. Creating a system were early interception could be made reachable required a static body that could act as a contact centre to provide primary eye care consultation, and bring local stakeholders, community change agents, and duty bearers to take an active role in intercepting the persons and bring them to eye care early. The centres also act as a contact to sensitize, train and engage people who may further replicate the process to end ignorance towards avoidable blindness and bring people to treatment before it is too late.


LSEH today has 3 Vision centres & 8 Fixed Date Camp Partners spread across a region of 450 km to intercept the patient and provide treatment earliest possible. Once intercepted if required the vision centre act as a referral station to the hospital where the patient receives specialized eye care at subsidized rates.


The Outreach programme especially targets to bring women to health care. Through various door-to-door sensitization measures, workshops with women-only groups and including men to sensitize them to take equal onus and participation in bringing the woman to health care. LSEH believes woman awareness/education can play a major role in creating an aware space for the children and other family members inculcate healthy habits and ensure better health and hygiene for the family.