LNJPEH Organizes Eye Screening Camps on World Sight Day

13 October 2022, Hazaribagh-Dumka-Gaya-Deoghar: On the occasion of World Sight Day, the units of NBJK run LNJP Eye Hospital have organized special Eye Screening Camps.

LNJPEH-Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh) has called Screening-cum-Covid Vaccination camp at Girls Middle School, Nawabganj, Hazaribagh and many needful old aged persons, children & PwDs have come here. It ensured total 115 OPD and 12 persons detected with Cataract. All differently abled patients have been provided medicines & specs free of cost. Also 15 persons including 08 PwDs got Covid vaccine in the camp.

At Bahera, one day training upon better eye health care was provided to the hospital & govt. staffs. More than 50 health workers, paramedical staffs & optometric assistants from Itkhori, Chouparan and Barhi blocks have participated in the training focused upon elimination of avoidable blindness.

LNJPEH-Dumka has organized 03 school screening camps at M. P. School, Kundhit, R. K. High School, Amba and R. K. Plus Two High School, Khajuri in Kundhit block of Jamtara district. Total 461 students gone through their eye examination and 11 have received glasses free of cost. Another camp by the hospital’s Vision Centre at Saraiyahat has conducted 27 OPD, out of these 13 detected with Cataract, 07 with Refractive Error, 03 with Pterygium and 02 with Chalazion.

LNJPEH-Kajha, Gaya has organized screening camp at Tapowan village in Arai panchayat of Mora block. Total 73 villagers turned up and availed eye checkup facility. 36 among them have been identified as Cataract ridden and will meet surgery at the base hospital. 22 PwDs with eye problems have received eyeglasses and medicines free of cost.

In this sequence, Vimla Ramkrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital-Deoghar, the fourth unit of LNJPEH has picked Blind School-cum-Orphanage at Saraskunj, Jasidih for screening camp of 26 blind children. After proper checkup, it was found that 04 children’s vision can be restored after suitable treatment. VRBEH shouldered this responsibility. In the camp, other 12 persons also got their eye screening.