Women doctors’ wing of IMA constituted in Palamu
A mega hitech cataract surgery camp at Palamu ended with free check-up of about 3.5-lakh children of 2,700 schools, and surgery of 17 children and 200 elder people. The camp was orgnised by Kashyap Memorial Eye Bank, a wing of Kashyap Eye Memorial Hospital.
On the concluding day of the camp, the trust distributed free glasses to children who needed it due to the disorder. The camp was organised in Town Hall at Palamu. Notably, State Bank of India bore the cost of ‘Inter Ocular lens’ fitted in the eyes of elderly people and children suffering from cataract.
The camp was organised under the ‘Vision for Young Rural Jharkhand’ campaign launched by KMEB. Similar camps had been earlier held in Saranda, Khunti, and several villages under Saryu Action Plan.
The concluding ceremony was attended by Rural Development Minister KN Tripathi, DC Palamu, KN Jha, Civil Surgeon, Palamu, Vijay Kumar Singh, DSE Palamu, Ram Singh and officials of Jharkhand Education Project Council.
“Kashyap Memorial Eye Bank approached people at their doorstep in remote areas of Palamu to check their eyes and to brighten lives of children of those villages,” said Director of the hospital, Dr Bharti Kashyap.
The camp was organised in 20 blocks of the district from November 20 to 14 in 2013 and about 7,000 para-teachers screened 3.5 lakh children by using e-card. After preliminary examination, the organisation shortlisted 1,700 children who needed medical attention because of the disorder and the children were subsequently examined at Palamu on January 12. later, the organisation provided facility of surgery to children who were found suffering from severe form of cataract. The Eye Bank also provided spectacles to 500 children free of cost.
Meanwhile, Palamu branch of women wing of Jharkhand IMA was constituted on Saturday under the leadership of Dr Kashyap who has been entrusted with the responsibility of strengthening women wing of the association in Jharkhand. “I will try to resolve problems of women doctors working in far flung areas,” said Dr Kashyap.
On the occasion, Dr Kashyap apprised the gathering of works done by the wing in different parts of Jharkhand to spread awareness about various types of diseases.
Significantly, the women wing will organise a campaign on Cervical Cancer and its prevention. The campaign will be organized with the help of USA-based social organization, Beyond the Border, and will start from January 11, 2015.