Raj Vardhan Azad elected chief of World ROP Council

PATNA: Chairman of Bihar State University Service Commission and renowned ophthalmologist, Dr Raj Vardhan Azad, has been elected president of the World ROP Council. The new council was formed at the Fifth World ROP Congress held at Dubai from September 1 to 4.

Dr Azad told this newspaper that the council aims at facilitating pan-international collaboration in tackling the problems of infant blindness across the world. “As we have emerged from the challenges of Covid-19 pandemic, it is important to revive our resolve to tackle ROP (retinopathy of prematurity) through global partnerships,” he said.

He further said the council would spearhead an effective and universal programme to look after all the emerging areas in screening, diagnosis and skillful management of ROP, an eye disease that affects many premature babies.