CMO Dr MU Khan has said that the school students with weak eyesight should regularly use spectacles otherwise their vision will be further weakened. Khan was speaking at a free distribution of spects programme held at Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital, Sant Hirdaram Nagar on Friday.
Project coordinator of district education centre Prabhakar Shrivastava, SSEH Trustee lC Janiyani, Area director of sight savers Archana Bhambhal and Programme Manager Jayshree Kumar, Teachers and students of Govt. Middle schools were present in the function. Under the school eye health checkup programme a target to screen the vision of more than 1.25 lakh students of over 1,200 Government school have been fixed.
Spects are being distributed to poor students of weak vision in the first phase. This programme will go ahead up to its completion. Khan further told that students who are suffering from weak vision ailment should regularly consult the ophthalmologist. They should consume fruits and vegetables, which are having plenty Vitamin ‘A’. He praised the missionary sprit of Sewa Sadan Eye Hospital.
Area director of Sight Savers Archana Bhambhal said that teaching and learning is not possible without appropriate eye vision. She informed that the international NGO SightSavers has chosen only two districts for School Eye Checkup in the country- one is Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh and another is Cuttak of Odisha.
Bhambhal appreciated the cooperation of State education and health departments in implementation of the programme in Bhopal district. She hoped that the programme will be completed within fix time limit. Project Coordinator of district education centre Prabhakar Shrivastava has said that the students of weak vision should regularly used spaces. Trustee Janiyani told that the students that how can they save their vision with acupressure method and what food item they should eat to fulfill the need of Vitamin ‘A’. Programe was conducted by Gaurav Shrivastava.