Scheduled for a fortnight stint in the city, the training and surgery programme will be spaced out in two weeks in liaison with four host institutes - Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Susrut Eye foundation, Disha Eye Hospital and Sankara Nethralaya.

The two-way audio-visual training module ensures that trainees can observe and enquire about the procedures being done onboard from classrooms while the experts can tackle their questions as they are wired up. Some operations will be done onboard while some in two of the local institutes.

"It takes longer to perform the surgeries as the experts answer the questions posed by trainees. In two weeks, we will perform about 60-odd surgeries. Additional 20 have been selected for laser procedures. Different components of the training will take place at different host institutes," said Ali.

In order to zero-in on the candidates, host institutes had pre-selected patients and uploaded details on the web telemedicine portal Cyber-Sight.

"We are one of the facilitators. For two weeks. trainees will get a good opportunity to watch and learn," said Debasish Bhattacharya, chairman, Disha Eye Hospitals.

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