Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 21: The Rotary Club Jammu in association with Sachdeva Netralaya organized a retina checkup camp in the premises of Gurdawara Sahib Main Road Gandhi Nagar Jammu.
The camp was organized under the flagship programme of the Club, “Gift of Sight”. Dr Anil K Amla, under whose president ship the camp was organized, said that 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 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 appealed to the GMC authorities to intimate the Club the detail of such patients registered with them for cornea transplantation so that there cornea can be transplanted in phased manner.
Besides a good gathering, Rotarians Prem Shanker, Gaurav Vaid, Harbans Singh, Ravi Kant Sharma, Dr Navneet Gupta, Aman Sharma, Sanjay Sachdeva, Deepak Baboo, Sushil Singhal, Rajat Singh, Kuldip Singh, Sat Pal Verma and Abhishek Sachdeva were also present.