Updated with corrigendum below: Drishti Eye Care has raised an undisclosed amount in its first round of funding from Lok Capital. The company plans to use the capital raised to extend its service to underserved geographies of Karnataka. Drishti provides eye care facilities to under-served population in small towns and villages, include eye check up, treatment for Cataract and Intraocular lens (IOL), Glaucoma, Squint eyes, Lasik and Implantable Contact Lens (ICL) for vision correction, corneal transplant, paediatric eye diseases, and uveitis among others. Drishti provides primary and secondary eye care services including screening for refractive errors, cataract, retinal complaints, glaucoma and treatment of eye conditions like diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and uveitis among others. The company offers these facilities through three different modes - primary eye care through telemedicine supported vision centres, screening camps and surgical care at district hospitals. Telemedicine Vision Centres Drishti stated that it sets up vision centres at existing general physician facilities in small towns and offers eye care services from its hospital over telemedicine, thereby skipping the necessity of setting up dedicated eye clinics in these regions and hiring trained opthalmologists for these clinics. However, there is no specific information on the company website on how these vision centres work, at the time of writing this article. We'll update with inputs from the company once we hear back from them. According to the company website, a Drishti trained optometrist uses a low cost fundus camera to check the patient's vision and capture relevant data like retinal images, anterior segment and eye pressure in a…
