Eye screening camp held at Mindhi village
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A door-to-door distinctive free eye screening venture funded by Andhra Petrochemicals Ltd (APL) below their CSR exercise has been initiated at Mindhi village by Sankar Foundation, a super-specialty eye hospital within the metropolis.
The eye care venture is aimed at eradication of avoidable blindness in Mindhi and adjoining colonies.
The venture was inaugurated by Gudivada Amarnath, MLA, Anakapalle, within the presence of Sri Narsappa, vice-president, APL, G.S.N. Murthy, GM (HR), APL and Sankar Foundation officers.
A workforce of medical and paramedical employees of Sankar Foundation screened round 4,324 individuals thus far and supplied 1,800 spectacles to needy individuals and carried out 133 cataract and 30 sub-specialty surgical procedures in Mindhi and its adjoining colonies.
During the screening, individuals affected by refractive errors have been supplied with spectacles fitted in a body of their alternative. People recognized with cataract have been additionally operated upon at Sankar Foundation Hospital and got transport, meals, lodging, post-operative surgical procedure medicines, follow-ups and imaginative and prescient enchancment glasses. People struggling with retinal and corneal illnesses have been recognized and handled. All providers have been carried out freed from price.
Speaking at a operate held in Mindhi on Saturday, Mr. Amarnath appreciated APL and Sankar Foundation for his or her gesture and warranted all assist and assist.
Mr. Amarnath additionally distributed spectacles to the sufferers to mark the event.
K.B.M. Manimala, managing trustee and CEO, Sankar Foundation, was current.
