HISTORY OF BIHAR OPHTHALMOGICAL SOCIETY

THE BIHAR OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY was conceived in April, 1944 with the aim ‘’to cultivate and promote ophthalmic and allied medical sciences including improvement of public health and medical education in Bihar from the ophthalmic point of view ’’.

Though the All India Ophthalmological Society was in existence from before, its constitution then did not envisage state Branches and hence , in States like Mumbai, Madras, Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar etc. Separate and independent of all India Ophthalmological Society, State Ophthalmological Societies were started to bring Ophthalmologists and Ophthalmic medical practitioners in that state under one banner in order to improve the standard of ophthalmic care in that state.

The Society came into existence in the campus of Eye Department of Patna Medical College & Hospital with a handful of members, Dr. Dukhan Ram being appointed as its president. Dr. Paras Nath Sinha took the arduous duty of being its Secretary. Since then, for a number of years, in October/ November every year, annual general meetings were held in the Prince of Wales medical college, Patna. A guest speaker used to grace the occasion and deliver a scientific lecture.

After being in existence for good sixteen years the first Bihar Ophthalmological Conference was organised by the Society in Patna on 28th and 29th October, 1961,thanks to the labour put in by Dr. J. N. Rahatogi, the then secretary and late Dr. Nazre Imam, the then joint Secretary of the society.Late Dr. P. N. Sinha, the then President of the Society presided over the conference.Since then every year we have been holding an annual conference.Apart from annual conference Society is holding its Mid Term conference in month of May every year since 2007.

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