Eye check-up camp held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 29 2022:
A comprehensive free Eye Check up Camp was held at Pouna Colony, Senapati on Tuesday under the joint initiative of Shija Eye Care Foundation, NPCB (NHM) and Abundant Grace Enlighten (AGE), Senapati.
A release by Shija business development manager Lourembam Premjit Singh said that a total of 98 persons were examined out of whom 17 were diagnosed with cataracts, 16 with pterygiums, two chalazions, one squint and one ptosis.
Doctors along with other supporting staff of Shija Eye Care Foundation examined the patient.
The release also said that seven Cataract, one Pterygium, one Chalazion and one Surgical Capsulotomy cases were transported to Shija Eye Care Foundation, Langol for corrective surgery on the same day.
Those patients detected with eye related problems will be treated under NPCB (NHM)/CMHT/PMJAY Scheme, it added.