Workshop on #EyeCare & New #MedicalVan for #CataractPatients @abclifein

09 January 2019, Dumka: LokNayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital, Dumka has organized a workshop upon Eye Care in its premises. Mr. Bhagwan Das (Commissioner, Santhal Pargana) was the chief guest of this occasion, who appreciated LNJPEH for eradication of cataract in Santhal Pargana. Before this, Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) welcomed the guests and briefed them about health, education, livelihood and advocacy related programs by NBJK in different districts of Jharkhand & Bihar.

The Commissioner has visited this 50 beds hospital and observed the facilities available for eye patients. He asked the doctor to examine his eyes and seemed satisfied after the check up. Other government officials like Mr. Sudhir Kumar Gupta (Regional Development Officer, Dumka) and Ms Shweta Bharti (District Social Welfare Officer, Dumka) were present during the visit. Besides this, Aditya Birla Sunlife Insurance has provided a new medical van to LNJPEH to organize eye screening camps and for transportation of cataract patients identified in remote villages. The Commissioner shown green flag to start the medical van on duty. Mr. Devjit Banerjee (CSR Manager, Aditya Birla Sunlife) has assured to support the eye hospital for cataract surgery in future too.

Mr. Chandan Kumar (Regional Manager, Aditya Birla Sunlife), Dr. Dhiraj Kumar Vikrant (Eye Surgeon), Mr. Kamrul Hasan,  Mr. Amrit Paswan (Program Manager, NBJK), Mr. Anirban Panda, Mr. Azaz Alam,Mr. Niraj Raman, Mr. Dinesh Gupta, Md. Sharif, Mr. Pawan Kesri, Mr. Vikky Patwari and many other people were present during the event. Mr. Sudarshan Pandey (Branch Manager, NBJK-Dumka) has anchored the program and Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK) delivered vote of thanks.