if screening of retinopathy of prematurity (rop) is made a national programme, it will save lakhs of premature babies getting blind. this is a serious problem, but unfortunately nobody is able to understand its seriousness, said dr anand vinekar, a paediatric retina consultant at bengaluru’s narayana nethralaya. he was in nagpur for a workshop on rop screening organised by the department of ophthalmology, nkp salve institute of medical sciences. speaking to ‘the hitavada’, drvinekar said, of the 35 lakh pre