Cornea Fellowship review @ KBH Bachooali Ophthalmic Hospital, Mumbai

It's a pure cornea fellowship, not cornea-refractive.

Cataract surgery training not included.

It's for 18 months.

Selection is only by interview.

Stipend is 25k.

Usually 2 fellows taken per session.

There's no fixed time for fellow intake. When the current fellows finish, they take the next ones.

There's one consultant only and yes, she teaches you directly. There's also lot of self learning involved since there is no regular classes.

This is a charitable hospital so there is no refractive setup.

The cornea hands-on is good. The numbers are not as much as premier institutes but they let you do every case that comes.

They'll give you DSAEK also once you're doing well with the PKs.

There are no camp duties.

No night/ holiday duties.

It's not at all toxic.

Timings from 8 to 4 or sometimes 5 depending on the ward work.