Tariq Masoodi
Glaucoma Treatment in 2026: What Works, and How your Vision can be Protected
Glaucoma, or kalamotia as commonly known in the Indian subcontinent, treatment has changed considerably over the years. The old picture of glaucoma care—check eye pressure, prescribe drops, review later—no longer tells the whole story.In 2026, glaucoma management is more individual. Glaucoma specialists look at the optic nerve, visual field, OCT changes, eye pressure, angle anatomy, … Read more
Diwali Eye Safety Tips for Jalandhar Families | Firecracker Injuries
Last Diwali, a family in a Model Town society did everything right. Their own crackers were lit far away from the house, in the open, with a bucket of water sitting close by, just in case. And still, their nine-year-old daughter got hurt. She was standing on her own balcony, nowhere near a lit fuse, … Read more
Is LASIK Covered Under PMJAY (Ayushman Bharat)
If you have an Ayushman Bharat card in Punjab and need eye treatment, the first question is usually simple: “Will my treatment be covered?”The answer depends on the eye condition and, importantly, the treatment package approved under the government health scheme. Punjab’s healthcare framework changed in January 2026 with the introduction of the Mukh Mantri … Read more
LASIK vs SMILE vs SILK vs CLEAR | Technology Explained
Walk into five different clinics across Jalandhar and Punjab and ask about laser vision correction, and you may hear five different brand names presented as five different breakthroughs: SMILE, SMILE Pro, SILK, CLEAR, sometimes Contoura Vision or Wavefront LASIK thrown in as if they belong on the same list. They don’t all belong on the … Read more
Dry Eyes in Stubble-Burning Season | Duggal Eye, Jalandhar
Simran left Jalandhar for Canada eight years ago and comes back every couple of years, usually timed around a wedding or Diwali. This trip, three days in, her eyes had started watering constantly on her evening walk near her parents’ house — gritty, stinging, worse by dusk. She assumed it was jet lag, or maybe … Read more
PRESBYOND Laser Blended Vision: Specs Removal after 40
In a workshop off Sports Colony Road, on the Jalandhar city periphery, a craftsman in his late forties hand-laces the seam of a leather football, the same stitch pattern he has repeated tens of thousands of times since he first picked up an awl as a teenager. He has never needed glasses for anything — … Read more
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Jalandhar | Duggal Eye
Rajinder Kumar in his early fifties, somewhere between Jalandhar and Nakodar, has been managing type 2 diabetes for close to a decade. He checks his blood sugar the way he’s been told to. He hasn’t missed an HbA1c test in years. His feet get checked at every diabetes review. But if you asked Rajinder, a … Read more
Laser Vision Correction in Jalandhar: LASIK vs SMILE
There is a particular kind of morning familiar to almost everyone who wears spectacles. The alarm goes off, the room is a blur, and the first task of the day — before brushing your teeth, before checking your phone — is finding your glasses. For a college student in Hoshiarpur cycling to class, a young … Read more
IOL Lens Options for Cataracts in Jalandhar
There is a particular moment a lot of families in Punjab’s Doaba belt know well: someone’s father mentions, almost in passing, that the tube light at home seems weaker than it used to. Or a mother visiting from Canada for a wedding says the ‘mehendi’ patterns looked strangely faded this time. Nine times out of … Read more