Pokhrel Ram Prasad
Nepal J Ophthalmol. 2018 Jan;10(19):1-2. doi: 10.3126/nepjoph.v10i1.21660.
The Eye Care in Nepal was in rudimentary state till 1971 with the number of cataract surgery being less than 500 cases per year including the mobile Eye camps. The Bir hospital was the only eye hospital at that period, however, it was without slit lamp nor operating microscope and the waiting list of bilateral cataract was more than one year. Those elderly people who came with bilateral cataract with a big hope could not be operated due to less number of eye beds and operation theater. Prof Ram Prasad Pokhrael visited various mobile eye camps in remote hills and saw the tremendous problem of blindness. With a lot of struggle of creating awareness amongst the public for the need of eye hospital and with the support from few stakeholders, Nepal Eye Hospital was created in 1974.
直到1971年，尼泊尔的眼保健状况还处于初级阶段，包括流动眼科诊疗所在内，每年的白内障手术病例数不足500例。比尔医院是当时唯一的眼科医院，但没有裂隙灯和手术显微镜，双眼白内障患者的等候名单超过一年。那些满怀希望前来治疗双眼白内障的老年人，由于眼科病床和手术室数量不足，无法接受手术。拉姆·普拉萨德·波赫拉伊教授走访了偏远山区的各个流动眼科诊疗所，目睹了严重的失明问题。经过在公众中大力宣传建立眼科医院的必要性，并在少数利益相关者的支持下，尼泊尔眼科医院于1974年成立。
