Screening of newborns for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) not hit during COVID-19 pandemic
The Hindu
ROP is an eye disease that could cause blindness in premature babies
While all non-COVID-19 services had come to a standstill during the pandemic, screening of newborns under the Karnataka Internet Assisted Diagnosis for Retinopathy of Prematurity (KIDROP) continued without any glitch. ROP is an eye disease that could cause blindness in premature babies.
KIDROP is the flagship tele-ROP programme started by Narayana Nethralaya in association with the Karnataka Government in 2009. It is a tele-medicine platform that benefits pre-term babies born in neo-natal intensive care units (NICUs) who do not have an ROP specialist to screen and treat the babies on time.
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