10-Mar-11

Glaucoma is currently the world's second leading cause of blindness, and we estimate that over 70 million people worldwide have glaucoma. Glaucoma is estimated to affect 12 million Indians; it causes 12.8% of the total blindness in the country and is considered to be the second most common cause of blindness in India. By 2020 it is believed the no of glaucoma patients will increase to 16 million. Glaucoma is a group of related diseases...