Phaco Fellowship review @ Kenia Eye Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Duration- 1.5 yrs 

1-2 fellows taken every 6 months

Stipend 50k 

Selection- Interview 

No SICS, only phaco is done for all pts here (camp & private)

Initial 2 weeks are for observation 

Then you start OT

OT runs every day

Fellows get OT twice a week with one phaco per OT 

Fellows operate only on camp cases (average of 5-7 pts posted per OT)... these have to be shared with short term phaco trainees and junior consultants too so you might sometimes not get a pt to operate in some OTs.. but they make up for missed cases in the next OT

They give you normal NS 2 cataracts first and then as you get confident, you can do small pupils and harder cataracts too.. complications are managed by consultants (usually they take over before it happens)

Work timings 7 am - 7 pm

All Sundays are working but half day OPD

So your Sundays will be spent either in OP or else going for camps

Weekdays you start by attending private OT where you watch senior consultant operate from 7- 8 am

Then from 8.30 -10.30 am the camp OT runs and the fellow gets their turn 

After camp OT, whoever is posted for camp OP sees pts till 3.30 pm

After 3.30, you head to private OP where you sit with consultants and observe cases they see (not allowed to treat or dispose any private pts).. goes on till 7/7.30 pm

Work is hectic 

Consultants are approachable

No night duties 

They're starting a new centre so postings to that hospital will be included in duties from next session onwards

You get to observe and do refractive pt workup, no hands-on given

Also get to do many Yag caps

No academics/ classes

Clinical exposure- not much variety, mostly common cases