AIIMS Nagpur congratulates Dr Anuva Kapoor, a final-year MD resident in Community Medicine, on winning three medals at the 22nd National Masters Swimming Championship. Held under the aegis of the Swimming Federation of India, the championship took place at Champion Aquatics Academy, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, from 11^th  -13^th September 2026. She has qualified for the 2^nd Asian Masters Swimming Championship to be held in Bengaluru from 3^rd to 10^th October 2026.

Representing Maharashtra, she won Gold in the 400 metres Individual Medley, Bronze in the 100 metres Butterfly, and Silver as part of the Women’s 4×50 metres Freestyle Relay team.

Her achievement brings pride to AIIMS Nagpur. Prof. Prashant P Joshi, Executive Director & CEO of AIIMS Nagpur, commended her dedication to pursuing sporting excellence alongside the demands of postgraduate medical training and wished her the best of luck for the upcoming Asian Championship. Dr Anuva Kapoor expressed her gratitude to the Executive Director & CEO for his constant support and encouragement.

Nagpur: In a significant milestone for advanced retinal care, the Department of Ophthalmology at AIIMS Nagpur has successfully performed a highly complex surgery on a 13-month-old child suffering from Grade 5 Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) with blindness in both eyes.

ROP is a potentially blinding eye disease that affects premature babies, particularly those requiring prolonged neonatal intensive care and oxygen therapy. In severe cases, abnormal retinal blood vessel development can lead to total retinal detachment and blindness.

Until now, only certain high-end tertiary Private hospitals were equipped to manage such cases of total closed retinal detachments optimally.

Considering the child’s condition and family’s financial constraints, the surgery was offered & undertaken at AIIMS Nagpur. The surgery was successful. This is the first such surgery to have been performed at a government set up in the whole of Central India. These surgeries are technically highly demanding, challenging and require high degree of instrumentation and skill with a state-of-the-art set-up.

Dr. Vandana Iyer, Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon, who performed this surgery last week, mentioned that the child could now see light and perceive objects close to face, is more likely to have some functional Vision in her future life. The parents are very grateful and shall get the other eye operated soon.

Prof. Dr. Prashant P. Joshi, Executive Director & CEO, AIIMS Nagpur, termed this achievement as a big leap forward in Retina surgery at AIIMS NAGPUR.

Dr. Puja Hingorani-Bang, Professor and Head, Department of Ophthalmology, mentioned that this facility completes the continuum of care in ROP management delivery at the institute right from Screening to injections to LASERs, and now, Surgery.

The successful procedure reflects AIIMS Nagpur’s commitment to providing advanced and accessible eye-care services to patients across the region.

संदेश-संदेश- जगत प्रकाश नड्डा, मंत्री स्वास्थ्य एवं परिवार कल्याण एवं रसायन एवं उर्वरक , भारत सरकार

संदेश- प्रतापराव जाधव, राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) आयुष मंत्रालय व भारत सरकार के स्वास्थ्य एवं परिवार कल्याण मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री

संदेश-अनुप्रिया पटेल, राज्य मंत्री, स्वास्थ्य एवं परिवार कल्याण और रसायन एवं उर्वरक मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार