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Eye check-up and spectacles for patients from Bicholim: job forms, colour vision and school eyes

In Bicholim taluka, an eye test is often needed for a piece of paper: a job at an industrial unit or a mine, a driving licence, a school or college form. At other times it is a child who cannot read the board or a parent who needs new spectacles. ReNew Vision Eye Hospital can handle all of these on one visit. It is in Vasco, not in Bicholim: 2nd floor, Pai Hospital building, Vaddem Merces Road, Vaddem, Vasco da Gama.

Eye fitness certificates and colour vision for job forms

Many employers in the Bicholim industrial estate, in mining and transport, and in the police, fire and security services ask for an eye fitness certificate, and often a colour vision test, because some jobs depend on telling red from green. At ReNew Vision:

• bring the form itself, so that the eye doctor fills in exactly what is asked;
• bring your spectacles or contact lenses; many forms record vision with and without them;
• if the form must be signed by a particular authority or board, check that first with the employer;
• a colour vision test uses plates of coloured dots; it takes a few minutes.

Read the colour vision test and eye fitness certificates before you come.

Is a quick test enough for a certificate?

Sometimes. But a full check-up also measures the eye pressure and examines the retina, which matters if you are over 40 or have diabetes or high BP. If drops are used to examine the retina, your close vision stays blurred for a few hours, so do not ride a bike back to Bicholim afterwards.

Schoolchildren in Bicholim and Sanquelim

Short sight (minus power) often starts in the school years and can increase quickly. A child may copy wrong from the board, complain of headaches, or hold the phone very close. Signs worth acting on:

• squinting or tilting the head to look at the board or the TV;
• one eye turning in or out, even sometimes;
• rubbing the eyes, or watering after reading.

A children's eye check-up finds the power, and the Vision Correction Centre makes sturdy children's spectacles in the same building. Time outdoors in daylight is good for children's eyes; long hours of close screen use are not. See spectacles for children.

Spectacles for adults

After the test, choose frames and lenses at the Vision Correction Centre, which is part of the eye hospital, in the same building. Ask when the spectacles will be ready and plan the collection trip; from Bicholim, it may suit to collect them on a day you are in Panjim or Vasco anyway.

How to reach ReNew Vision from Bicholim

By car, about 50 km, via Amona and Old Goa or via Mapusa and Panjim, then over the new Zuari bridge to Cortalim and along the Vasco road (NH 366): about an hour and a quarter. By bus, take a KTC bus to Panjim and a KTC shuttle to Vasco; the Vasco bus stand is about 1 km from the hospital. We can collect you from your home and drop you back, at zero cost to the patient; call 072489 88039. See also coming from another town.

Planning the visit

• The Eye OPD runs Monday to Saturday, 4 pm to 7 pm, Friday included; Sunday OPD is closed.
• Leave Bicholim by about 2:30 pm, especially for a full check-up with drops.
• Bring the form, your spectacles, old prescriptions, and sugar or BP reports if you have them.
• A dust or metal particle in the eye at work is an emergency: do not rub, rinse with clean water and come in. Emergency eye care is available 24 hours.

Questions patients ask

Can I get an eye fitness certificate for a job from Bicholim?

Yes. Eye fitness certificates for jobs, a driving licence and school are done at ReNew Vision. Bring the form, your spectacles and any contact lenses.

What is the colour vision test?

You look at plates of coloured dots and read the numbers or shapes in them. It takes a few minutes and shows whether you can tell certain colours apart, which some jobs require.

Can my child's eyes be tested and spectacles made on the same day?

Usually the test and the choice of frames happen on the same visit. Ask when the spectacles will be ready, so you can plan how to collect them.

How do I travel from Bicholim to ReNew Vision by bus?

Take a KTC bus from Bicholim to Panjim, then a KTC shuttle to Vasco. From the Vasco bus stand, an auto-rickshaw takes you to Vaddem.

Is ReNew Vision in Bicholim?

No. ReNew Vision Eye Hospital is only in Vaddem, Vasco da Gama, about 50 km from Bicholim.

This page is general eye-health information, not personal medical advice. Your eye doctor advises you after examining your eyes.