Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 27: Rotary Club Jammu under the presidentship of Dr Anil K Amla in association with Sachdeva Netralaya organised a free diabetic retina eye checkup camp in here today.
This was the second consecutive camp by the Club, organised under the flagship programme of the Club “Gift of Sight”.
Dr Abishek Sachdeva of Sachdeva Netralaya screened more than 100 patients during the Camp and some patients were also referred for specialized treatment in Sachdeva Netralaya. The patients on waiting for other doctors who were unaware of the eye ailment were also screened and some patients among them were found eye ailment and were referred for further treatment at Sachdeva Netralaya.
Project Director of project ‘Gift of Sight’ Sunil Kumar Sawhney said that the club has pledged to eradicate cornea blindness from Jammu in association with Rotary Club of Hoshiarpur Midtown. He also pledged and foresees cornea blind free Jammu in near future. He also appealed to the GMC authorities to intimate the detail of such patients registered with them for cornea transplantation so that there cornea can be transplanted in phased manner free of cost.
Project Director said on the occasion that such camps will be a continue process.
Besides a good gathering, Dr Anil Amla, Prem Shanker, Gaurav Vaid, Harbans Singh, Ravi Kant Sharma, Dr Navneet Gupta, Aman Sharma, Sanjay Sachdeva, Deepak Baboo, Rajat Singh, Kuldip Singh, Sat Pal Verma, Abhishek Sachdeva and many others were also present.
Follow our WhatsApp channel
