Jalandhar Patients No Longer Need to Travel to PGI Chandigarh or AIIMS Delhi for Advanced Eye Care

Ask anyone in Jalandhar who has dealt with a serious eye problem — cataract, retina issues, cornea damage — and they’ll tell you the same thing. The first instinct is always to go somewhere else. Delhi. Chandigarh. Hyderabad. Because the assumption is that Jalandhar simply doesn’t have that level of care.

Narang Netralaya Eye Hospital is proving that assumption wrong.

Situated in the heart of Jalandhar city, Narang Netralaya has been quietly building something that most Punjab cities still don’t have — a genuinely comprehensive eye care setup where both the front and back of the eye are handled by fellowship-trained super-specialists, in the same hospital, on the same day if needed.

Two Doctors. Two Super-Specialists. One Hospital in Jalandhar.

What makes Narang Netralaya different from most eye hospitals in Jalandhar — or Punjab for that matter — comes down to who is treating patients there.

Dr. Nitish Narang handles the anterior segment — cataracts, cornea diseases, complex lens surgeries. He has completed over 20,000 cataract surgeries. Not a rough estimate. Over twenty thousand procedures, each one sharpening a level of precision that simply cannot come from a textbook. His fellowship training in Anterior Segment surgery means he regularly handles cases that other hospitals in Jalandhar would refer out.

Dr. Madhushmita Narang works on the posterior segment — the retina, vitreous, and everything behind the lens. She completed her fellowship training at LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, one of the few institutions in Asia genuinely respected for retinal care at an international level. She now brings that training back home to Jalandhar.

Together, this husband-wife team covers something rare — complete eye care, front to back, under one roof. A patient in Jalandhar dealing with both cataract and diabetic retinal damage does not need to split their treatment between two hospitals in two cities. They can get everything managed here.

Diabetes Is Damaging Eyes Across Jalandhar — Silently

Punjab has one of the highest rates of diabetes in India. In Jalandhar and the surrounding Doaba region, diabetic patients are everywhere — and many of them have no idea their eyes are already being affected.

Diabetic retinopathy does not hurt. It does not always blur vision in the early stages. It simply damages the blood vessels in the retina, slowly and silently, until one day the damage is severe enough that treatment becomes genuinely difficult.

This is not a scare tactic. It is just how the disease works.

Dr. Madhushmita Narang sees this pattern regularly at Narang Netralaya — patients from Jalandhar and nearby areas like Phagwara, Nakodar, and Kapurthala coming in with retinal damage that could have been caught and managed years earlier with a simple annual screening.

The equipment at Narang Netralaya — OCT imaging, retinal photography, dye less angiography, BScan like advanced diagnostic tools — can detect these early changes long before a patient notices anything wrong. For diabetic patients in Jalandhar, an annual retina check is not optional. It is necessary.

Cataract Surgery in Jalandhar Has Moved On

There is still a version of cataract surgery in people’s minds that involves a long recovery, thick glasses afterwards, and a fairly basic outcome. That version is outdated.

Modern phacoemulsification — the technique Dr. Nitish Narang has performed over 20,000 times — is a completely different procedure. A 2.2mm incision that too without injection, without stitch, bandageless procedure without requiring hospitalisation. Precise removal of the clouded lens. Replacement with an intraocular lens chosen specifically for that patient’s eye and lifestyle. Many patients leave Narang Netralaya seeing better than they have in years, often without needing glasses at all.

For Jalandhar residents who have been putting off cataract surgery because they are nervous about it — or waiting until vision gets “bad enough” — the reality is that earlier surgery with modern techniques consistently produces better results than delayed intervention.

Retinal Treatment That No Longer Requires Leaving Punjab

Until recently, a patient in Jalandhar diagnosed with a retinal detachment faced a difficult situation. Local options were limited. The realistic path was a referral to Chandigarh, Delhi, or Hyderabad — expensive, stressful, and time-sensitive given how quickly retinal detachments can cause permanent damage.

That is no longer the case.

Dr. Madhushmita Narang, a gold medalist eye surgeon from Baba Farid University, extensively trained in Retina in her 3 year Super specialist training from India’s best institute LV Prasad Eye Institute performs vitreo-retinal surgeries like Retinal detachments, macular hole, diabetic vitrectomy , intravitreal injections, and retinal laser treatments , ROP screening and treatment at Narang Netralaya in Jalandhar. Cases that once required families from the Doaba region to book train tickets to Hyderabad can now be managed locally, by a surgeon with fellowship-level training from one of India’s finest Retina Institution.

For countless patients in Jalandhar, the biggest difference has been access. Today, vision-threatening retinal diseases can be diagnosed and treated locally at Narang Netralaya—without the delay of travelling to another city. Early evaluation at the first sign of vision disturbance has helped many patients receive timely treatment, preserving vision that could otherwise have been permanently lost.

Serving Patients Across Jalandhar and the Doaba Region

Narang Netralaya sees patients from across Jalandhar city and the surrounding Doaba belt — Phagwara, Nakodar, Nawanshahr, Kapurthala, Hoshiarpur, Moga, Muktsar and beyond. NRIs returning to Punjab for family visits increasingly use the trip to get comprehensive eye check-ups done, knowing they will receive the kind of specialist-level care they would expect from hospitals in larger cities.

Children come for pediatric eye examinations — squint assessments, amblyopia screening, vision checks for school-age kids. Young adults come for keratoconus management and refractive consultations. Middle-aged and elderly patients come for cataracts, glaucoma monitoring, retinal care, and age-related eye conditions.

The hospital’s approach does not change based on who walks in. Every patient gets a thorough examination, a clear explanation of what is happening with their eyes, and a treatment plan that makes sense for their specific situation — not a generic protocol.

What Is Coming Next

Narang Netralaya is expanding its surgical retina services and increasing capacity for complex vitreo-retinal cases. Community eye camps and diabetic retinopathy screening programs are being planned across Jalandhar and the wider Doaba region — taking preventive care directly into communities where awareness is still low.

The long-term goal is straightforward: make Narang Netralaya the eye hospital that patients across Punjab, and NRIs visiting the region, genuinely trust for advanced care — without needing to go anywhere else.

If You Are in Jalandhar, Do Not Wait

Most serious eye conditions — cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, retinal disease — are far easier to treat when caught early. The vision loss that comes from leaving them untreated is often permanent.

Narang Netralaya Eye Hospital in Jalandhar is accepting appointments for comprehensive eye examinations. Diabetic patients are strongly encouraged to schedule their retinal screening. Patients experiencing any change in vision — blurring, floaters, flashes or difficulty seeing at night — should not delay a consultation.

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