Tata Steel’s Jharia Division in collaboration with Shankar Nethralaya organised a free Cataract Camp for the community at Pemiya Rishikesh Memorial Public School, Banskapuria, Bhelatand. Sanjay Rajoria, General Manager, Jharia Division, Tata Steel, graced the occasion as Chief Guest.
A total of 444 patients were screened during the checkup camp out of which 153 patients have been shortlisted for the free of cost cataract surgery. The selected patients will be operated upon from February 25 to March 2.
Tata Steel in collaboration with Shankar Nethralaya organises cataract camps in its areas of operation as part of its CSR activities every year. In the last five years more than 4200 patients have been screened and a total of 1483 patients have been benefitted in the region through this initiative.
Dr Vinod Kumar, Chief Medical Officer, Tata Central Hospital (TCH), Jamadoba, Dinesh Mahato, Director Pemiya Rishikesh Memorial Public School, Dr Rekha Singh, Sr Consultant (Ophthalmology) TCH, Dr Gajendar Kumar Verma, Sr Consultant Shankara Netharalaya, Dr Dilip Reddi, Sr Consultant, Shankara Netharalaya, Dr PN Singh, Registrar, Jharia Division, Tata Steel Foundation and Rajesh Kumar, Unit Head, Jharia Division, Tata Steel Foundation besides others were present during the inaugural session.