 Hello, I am Dr. Nitin Shetty. I am the retinal surgeon here at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road in the I department. This video is mainly to alleviate your fears about undergoing regular eye checkups, especially retinal procedures and retinal surgeries. We totally understand your anxieties. We as a department had cut down on routine checkups and procedures for some time, but which time we have opened up for all regular procedures. But we are definitely taking all precautions, both in terms of our own staff and the patients who come in. Now, retinal surgeries, unlike other procedures, cannot generally wait for too long. The procedures which we have to do, we are doing right now. Patients which we can postpone by for some time, we are discussing with the patients to go along those lines. But to reassure you that we are taking definitely all precautions in the outpatients and the OT. The staff has been screened. They have been thoroughly, thoroughly trained to regarding all safety precautions about the COVID, about transmission, about how to avoid, how to take care of the patients who walk in. We have restricted our appointment significantly in terms of we are hardly seeing about three to four patients an hour so that there's absolutely no crowding in the outpatient department. The surgery lists are curtailed to ensure that there's adequate interval between patients so that theatre cleaning, instrument change, exchange, everything is very, very done so that the safety of the patient is kept in mind. So from our perspective, we have taken all precautions. We are doing all elective procedures but like I told you again, anything that we can put it back, we are still doing that decision. But the regular cases which there is likelihood of the patient losing vision from delay, we are starting those surgeries. I would like to end my message with a quick word about still taking precautions. Don't let your guard down. The lockdown is gradually being withdrawn but we still need to be cautious. We still need to take precautions. Take social distancing seriously, wearing off masks very seriously and try to avoid crowded places as far as possible or unnecessary travel as much as possible.