Eye camp held at Sadokpham Leikai
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, March 31 2022:
A comprehensive Free Eye check-up camp was held at the premises of United Development Club, Sadokpham Leikai in Imphal West district on Thursday.
The camp was organised by National Institute of Technology, Manipur in association with Shija Eye Care Foundation and under the sponsorship of Ministry of Education under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), a flagship programme of MoE.
A release by Shija business development manager Lourembam Premjit Singh informed that a total of 130 persons were examined for eye related problems during the camp, out of which 14 were diagnosed with cataracts, three pterygiums, one chalazion and one entropion.
The patients detected with eye related problems will be treated under NPCB (NHM)/CMHT/PMJAY Scheme, said the release.
It also stated that Shija Eye Care Foundation in collaboration with various local clubs and NGOs has been organising Free Eye Check-up camps regularly.