Short Term REFRACTIVE Training @Lotus Eye Hospital, Coimbatore

I did short term refractive training in Lotus Eye Hospital, Coimbatore under Dr. Ananth.

I am not one to explain a lot but the fellowship is excellent... was better than I expected... sir is genuinely a very nice and empathetic trainer.

Selection is by interview, they have fixed intake of trainees per month.

Charges were 50k for one month training.

Since I stayed in hospital, accommodation charges were 5k.

Training was in a very guided manner, I started doing cases after a basic foundation course.

Lotus hospital has mostly premium patients... don't expect to operate on camp cases.

Hectic period if you want to shadow the consultant... otherwise ok.

I got PRK, PRK+, Lasik, SMILE, ICL 

At least 2-3 cases per week, sometimes more.

And refractive training x 1-2 months is more than enough.

After 1 month, I was ready to extend the training but sir himself said it was more than enough for what I'd gotten to do.

I saw every possible refractive patient.. from workup to surgery.

I did PRK 15, Lasik 10+, SMILE 6, ICL 2

Side Note

I got to know of this refrac training through a whatsapp job agent's group.

The middleman told me initially it costs 1.5 lakhs for the 1 month course.

I didn't pay the middleman after I got him to connect me with the hospital and confirming my slot. He tried to intimidate me by saying I would 'lose my seat' for refractive training and they would give it to the next candidate who would pay them... but I took a flight to Coimbatore as soon as I could.

On reaching hospital, turns out Lotus didn't involve any middleman.

And the hospital took only the prescribed 50k from me for the refractive training. Since I stayed in the hospital, another 5k extra was also paid but that was it.

Beware of agents who promise training slots for such short term programs... especially without the said hospital's notice.