On his visit to Jharkhand Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh will attend a camp organised by Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital (KMEH) at latehar district on July 30.
KMEH seeks to cover the whole naxalite infested areas of Saryu Action Plan and reach out to the under privileged with the motto of eradicating blindness.As many as 12 panchayats including latehar, Manika, Barwadih and Garu blocks are to be covered in this medical campaign. 200 teachers of the four blocks are trained by hospital optometrists for taking vision in schools so that they can identify the visually challenged children.
KMEH’s Dr Bharti Kashyap informed that they will provide high quality cataract surgery for 150 adult eyes and 50 eyes of children using latest technology giving early vision recovery with the help of State Bank of India. “The expected number of children in camp on is about 350 out of which spectacle needy children will be given glasses at KMEH after their refraction & retinal check up and children suffering from cataract will be operated by Hi Tech cataract surgery,” said Dr Bharti.
All selected patients will go through blood malaria test initially in latehar and then at KMEH. Patients selected for surgery at latehar will be given medicine if found positive for malaria and they will go through repeat blood malaria test in KMEH before going for surgery.Dr Kashyap said, “This camp is a continuation of our series of Eye Camps focusing on children especially in Naxal infested areas after the Mega Camp in Saranda organized at Manoharpur on January 26.”
“In a visit we found higher incidence of Pterygium in this reason because of dry climate. Most of the selected patients for cataract surgery had systolic Blood Pressure 140 or above probably due to higher salt intake in their regular diet,” Dr Bharti added.