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Divyajyoti Trust is a registered charitable trust under Public Charitable Trust Act established recently by philanthropic minded individuals involved in the services of poor people for last two decades.Having imbibed the ideas and ideals suggested by Gandhiji to serve the nation,they have decided to devote their life to the service of humanity in interior rural tribal areas.Joined by several like minded people, trust will get involved in all the activities to help the poor community with the help of available manpower & resources.

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Divyajyoti Trust


Smt.Nipuna Vijay Hirachand Dalia Family Campus, Kim Road, Amalsadi, Dist. Surat - 394 163, Gujarat, India
Ph. No.02623 - 221180
Eye Bank Mo.No. 7046991251
Regd. No E 6921 - Surat. 19.1.2010

Hospital Schedule Time:-
Monday to Sunday:-8:30 a.m to 1:30 p.m
2:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m
Sunday:-General OPD -Open
Specality OPD- Closed

Web-mail :- divyajyoti@divyajyotitrust.org
E-mail :- divyajyoti.icare@gmail.com




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News


  • We have performed 951 surgeries during this month which is little less than what we did in June last year –964. We hope that with the environmental condition improving, the workload will come back.
  • Dr. Kavin Shroff performed 11 major retina surgeries on 25.06.26, highest ever in one day at Tejas Eye Hospital. Many congratulations. He is the backbone of our retina work. He performs nearly 400 major retina operations every year.
  • Dr. Rutul Patel – our glaucoma consultant completed her one year tenure on 15th June and left us. However, she will continue to come once in a week on every Wednesday.
  • After a long wait of more than one year, we have finally received NOC for our Optometry college. The system does not cooperated and we have to keep running from pillar to post. Several hundred phone calls and more than one dozen personal visits finally resulted in release of NOC. The favour done by our Hon. Health minister Shri Prafulbhai Pansheriya is notable here. Our sincere thanks to him. Admission process for Optometry has luckily not yet started. We hope that ACPC will add our name in the list of colleges for online form filling.
  • New batch of Vision assistant students has joined from 1st June. This year, for the first time, as an experiment, we have decided to have two batches and so the first batch is started early. Theory classes are started.
  • We have conducted meeting with our newly enrolled AOP students on 1st June.
  • The current batch started in August 2025 will complete their one year tenure by the end of July. We are in the process of finishing the theory part whatever little is still left. There is already a demand greater than the number of students available.
  • Internal exam of first year Optometry students was taken towards the end of the month. Final exam of all the students will be taken in July because the exam schedule of the university is set for July.
  • Half yearly CME of Ophthalmic Assistant team was conducted by Shri Hardik Patel, Shri Purab Dalal and Dr. Darshan Kalaigar (he holds an Optometry degree also in addition to Ophthalmology) on 27-28 June.
  • Similarly, half yearly CME of nursing staff was conducted with the help of Smt. Ushaben Tailor – retired matron from Civil Hospital, Surat and Dr. Dhruvika Chaudhari – our visiting anaesthetist on 27-28 June.
  • Two staff members from Anjali Hospital, Ranasan came here for one month training in operation theatre activities. Two staff members from RNC Free Eye Hospital, Valsad came here for 4 days training in sub tenon anaesthesia. These are the second batches from the same places.
  • Dr. Kavin Shroff has cleared online exam held by European Society of Retina Specialists called EBO Euretina 2026 on 8.6.26. Now, he will appear for practical exams at Vienna, Austria towards the end of September. Congratulations and best wishes to him.
  • Dr. Devang Painter conducted a quality assurance training of our laboratory staff on 19.06.2026.
  • Dr. Shalin shah our visiting Oculoplasty consultant presented the early endo nasal DCR study conducted by him at our hospital, his own clinic and RNC hospital ( a multi centric study) at International society of Dacryology and dry eye’s annual conference at Estonia on 19th June and at World Ophthalmology Congress annual conference at Prague, Czech Republic on 26th June. We are proud of his achievements. His presentation was widely appreciated by faculties from across the world.
  • We have continued enrolment of patients in Eyecryl 600 plus IOL study and Eyecryl ASHFY 600 IOL study of Biotech. By the end of June, we have enrolled 191 and 192 patients respectively. Due to reduced workload, the enrolment was very slow during the month.
  • Data collection for ORCB has been continued. The same has been regularly being shared with PRASHO team and necessary mid course corrections are being made.
  • Our article on “A randomised open label, single centre study to assess the safety and efficacy of Ultraviolet-C rays plus methylene blue eye drops vs. standard topical anti microbial treatment of infectious keratitis” is published in Indian Journal of Clinical and experimental Ophthalmology June issue.
  • We have continued bimonthly visit of a team consisting of Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmic assistant, maintenance staff and cleaning staff to vision centres. During this month, our team has visited Vyara, Bardoli, Umarpada and Khapar centres. However, the workload and number of patients coming from vision centres remained low due to extreme summer heat.
  • A community meeting was organised at Patvalli village of Dediapada taluka on 24.6.26. 22 individuals including ASHA workers and Sarpanch etc. were present.
  • We have continued door to door screening in Vyara taluka. During the month, we have screened 12653 individuals and distributed 495 readymade spectacles and 140 tailor-made spectacles.
  • We have screened 144 babies and treated 1 babies during the month.
  • From 1st June, we have started screening of truck drivers with financial support of Reliance Industries in Hazira area. During the month, we have screened 1030 truck drivers, provided ready spectacles to 585 and tailor-made glasses 112 In addition 30 were referred to base hospital for detailed examination / surgery.
  • Schools have opened but there are only 3 students in the hostel right now. 8-10 more students are expected to come but some renovation in the hostel is going on and the students will be called after completion of the renovation work.
  • We are very happy to inform everyone that Divyajyoti trust received 13th ICEA Ultratech Outstanding Concrete Structure Award at Surat on 11th June for Amalsadi campus construction activity. Our architects, structural engineer and our trustee Shri Vijaybhai who implemented the project were also felicitated. This initiative came from our architects. Our sincere heartfelt thanks to Essteram including Shri Snehalbhai and Shri Nishithbhai.
  • Umarpada comprehensive screening project implementation started from September 2024. Door to door screening was completed in July 2025. The whole project has ended by the end of May 2026 after a two months extension for follow up. Dr. B. R. Shamanna from PRASHASHA health conducted a detailed impact study and has given his report also. We are very happy to note that we could declare Umarpada taluka “Free from avoidable blindness” on 4th June during the closing ceremony of the project in presence of our M. P. Shri Prabhubhai Vasava and CSR head from Siemens Ms. Shwetanjali Kumari. There were more than 100 people at the function including Govt. officials.
  • A team working on artificial intelligence to improve medicine adherence by sending reminders was invited to the hospital. MARS has been tried out on few patients and now, pilot study of 100 cases is started. It is showing promising results.
  • Resp. Prof. Hiteshbhai Bhatt sir visited us on 20th June and spent half a day with the core team and the rest of the day with teams separately. His help is very crucial in improving the monitoring mechanisms.
  • Following the valuable guidance of Respected Prof. Hiteshbhai Bhatt Sir during his visit on 20th June, Divyajyoti Trust has initiated department-wise competency assessment examinations to strengthen monitoring and quality systems. The competency assessments for the Operation Theatre (OT) and Ward teams have already been completed.
  • Divyajyoti trust has completed 15 years of services to the community. We have decided to conduct an “Impact study” of our work. Dr. GVS Murthy sir’s team from PRASHO has been assigned the task and SEVA CANADA have gracefully agreed to provide funding for the same.
  • On 5th June, unveiling of plaque in memory of our late trustee Shri Bhikhubhai Vyas who spent all his life in service of poor people. He was one of the last few true Gandhians left.
  • Mr. Gautambhai Nanavaty, our donor and well wisher came down for his eye examination from Mumbai. Mr. Kaushik Palsana from Shrimad Rajchandra Hospital, Dharampur visited us for placement of our AOP interns in their projects on 25.06.26.
  • Mr. Lokeshkumar from SMFG visited our Vyara and Khapar centres as a part of their due diligence process on 11th June and expressed satisfaction. We will look into a few suggestions given by him.
  • General Body Meeting of co operative society of staff of Divyajyoti trust was organised on 14th June Sunday. Almost 90 members were present. A few good suggestions were made. The executive committee will look into implementing the same.

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