NEIGRIHMS doctors win Award for Cataract Research Study
Shillong: A team of doctors led by Prof Tanie Natung from North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Meghalaya, received the 'Best of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Award' during the 40th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress in conjunction with the 83rd Annual Conference of the All-India Ophthalmological Society held from April 3 to April 6, at New Delhi.
Over 13500 delegates from different countries participated and exchanged their scientific knowledge, experiences, learnings, and outcomes of scientific researches in this combined APAO-AIOS conference, news agency UNI reported.
This prestigious award was given for the research study which compared two techniques in selecting the most appropriate lens power calculation formula for cataract cases thereby improving the vision outcomes for patients with the least possible errors.
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