As per a study from AIIMS, more than 13% school-going children in India are myopic. The number has doubled in the past ten years to due to excessive usage of electronic gadgets. The statistics of myopia was just 7%, ten years back, accoding to the Rajendra Prasad Center for Opthalmic Sciences at AIIMS.

An eye condition, Myopia is also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness. Due to the condition, the cuming in light fail to focus on the retina and instead focuses in front of it. Thus, the image of the distance object would be out of focus. Focus is not affected, while looking at a nearby object.

The RP center head, Atul Kumar said, "Very less studies have been done in India on the eye related problems and the myopia one is one of them. We are also conducting a national survey to find out the other eye related problems among the children."

The announcements were made on the occasion of the 49th Foundation Day of the R. P. Center for Opthalmologic Sciences. Speaking about the center, opthalmology professor at AIIMS, Jeewan Singh Titiyal said, "Till now 1, 400 corneas were retrieved through voluntary eye donation and hospital cornea retrieval programme. Over 950 corneal transplant surgeries were performed at RP center since its establishment."

Sumana