PGI doctor awarded

CHANDIGARH: How can certain preventions after cataract surgery reduce complications including gradual loss of vision? Guidelines have been formulated by a PGI doctor. And recognizing the accomplishment, Dr Jagat Ram, department of ophthalmology in PGI, has been awarded the prestigious Prof P Siva Reddy International Award from All India Ophthalmological Society for 2012 at Cochin on Thursday during the annual meeting of All India Ophthalmological Society Conference.
The award is given to only one eminent ophthalmologist each year for outstanding research work in ophthalmology done in India or anywhere in the world. He received this award for his research work on Posterior Capsular Opacification which is one of the most common vision disabling problem after successful phacoemulsification with lens implantation.