IOL Fellowship review @ Susrut Eye Foundation & Research Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal

1 yr duration with 3 years of bond. 

No bond if sponsored by Sightsavers or any other sponsoring body. 

During fellowship, Stipend 80- 85k.

During bond period, 1.5 lacs salary with increments.

No caution deposits.

Other speciality fellows (Glaucoma & Cornea) get one cataract case per week. 

Surgeries start with SICS then phacos. If you're proficient in SICS, they can start you on phaco in a week or two. 

OT is 3 days weekly in first 6 months- one case each OT.

Then daily OTs (cases variable depending on the fellow's ability). 

Complicated cases are given during your bond period. 

Daily social OPDs. 

Work environment is good. Consultants are very approachable. 

You do your surgeries under different consultants on the days of the week. Consultants are there to help or take over the case when required. 

Will be posted in Susrut branches within Kolkata. Duty hours from 9 - 5/6 pm. 

2 emergency duties per month. Camp duties. 

No dedicated classes for fellows. Encouraged to attend DNB classes which are mostly after 4/5 pm. Mostly self learning. 

Foreign trainees (Saudi ophthalmology residents) intake during the peak cataract season. They do about 2-3 cases/day. Sometimes take up the fellows' cases when cases are less.