The administrator of Abia Eye Well being Administration Bureau, Betty Emeka-Obasi has stated there isn’t a choice to common eye check-up within the marketing campaign in opposition to glaucoma.
Emeka-Obasi spoke to LEADERSHIP in the course of the remark of this yr‘s World Glaucoma Week with the theme „Let‘s Beat Invisible Glaucoma,“ in Umuahia, the state capital.
She confused that everybody ought to topic themselves to common eye examine by specialists as early detection is the important thing to managing glaucoma and stopping irreversible imaginative and prescient loss.
She knowledgeable that the bureau is partnering native authorities space mayors within the state to organise a 3-day outreach within the areas on the illness from Wednesday 12 to Friday 14.
In accordance with the administrator, in the course of the outreach, there will likely be free eye screening, remedy, and prescription of glasses to people who require them.
She lauded and appreciated the state governor, Alex Otti for his dedication to offering healthcare providers within the state significantly within the space of imaginative and prescient care.
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