London : The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) trainee bursary award has been awarded to the Mangaluru based ophthalmologist Dr Atul Kamath. Dr Kamath has earned this award on account of his study on the need to train ICU nursing staff to prevent eye morbidity among patients. The study was undertaken by Dr Kamath along with his wife Dr Aditi Pai, also an ophthalmologist. Ophthalmologists from all over the world applied and participated in this conference and this year about 20,000 experts with 15,000 ophthalmologists and 5,000 allied health staff participated, Dr Kamath said.
Ophthalmologist wins International award for aiding training to prevent eye morbidity
