The Department of Ophthalmology came into existence in 2005 with two faculty members, but today it has grown into a major Department with 12 faculty, 12 post-graduate, 20 Bachelor in Ophthalmology and 20 Certificate in Ophthalmology Assistant students, besides many paramedical staff. Since inception, the aim of the Department has been to provide quality, but affordable care with an aim to prevent vision loss or restore vision with timely care and empathy.

Outdoor patients are seen everyday (9 AM to 5 PM on weekdays and 9 AM to 1 PM on Sundays) while the emergency teams are available round the clock. The department has 60 beds dedicated for inpatient care and three modern operation theatres with trained nurses. It caters to the needs of patients across the country and outside.

Apart from clinical services and training undergraduate and post-graduate medical and para-medical students, the faculties and residents actively take up research projects and have nearly 80 publications both in national and international journals.

• Medical, LASER and surgical procedures are conducted by trained ophthalmologists.
• Ocular Adnexa and Orbit– Chalazion, entropion, ectropion, ptosis, symblepharon, tarsorrhapy, lacrimal sac surgeries (with and without intubation), evisceration with implants, enucleation, mass excisions and biopsies are performed.
• Conjunctiva-treatment of chemical injuries, pterygium excision with grafting
• Cornea-trauma repair, debridement
• Glaucoma-YAG Laser iridotomy, trabeculectomy, combined procedures (with Phacoemulsification and SICS), valve implants, bleb revision
• Lens-ECCE, SICS, Phacoemulsification surgeries for all types of cataract is done with rigid, foldable, iris claw, scleral fixated intraocular lenses, YAG laser capsulotomy
• Retina-Vitrectomy, intravitreal injections, Retinal detachment, macular hole, ERM surgeries, silicon oil removal, ROP Screening and treatment.
• Contact lens and low vision aid clinic.

The Department has got all high-end equipment like Non-Contact Tonometer, Schiotz and Applanation tonometers, gonioscopy lenses, High end Slit lamps, Keratometer, Direct and Indirect Ophthalmoscopes, A-Scan and B-Scan, IOL Master, YAG laser and Green laser machines, OCT And OCT angiography machines which have been newly acquired ,Ultrasound Biomicroscopy, Fundus fluoroscein Angiography, AS-OCT, Humphreys visual field analyser, two high end  Phaco machines (Centurion and laureate), Constellation machine for retinal surgeries, Synoptophore.

The Department has taken up research actively in all areas of ophthalmology starting common ocular problems like conjunctivitis to complex glaucoma and retina disorders in inter-departmental collaborations in KIMS.  It has successfully organised Annual Conference of Odisha State Ophthalmological Society in 2016 and hands-on workshops on diagnostic retinal procedures in 2019. Regular CMEs by national faculties are being conducted on topics related to diagnosis and treatment of conjunctiva, cornea, glaucoma and retina.