As many as 250 children will be given high quality anti-reflection coating spectacles worth Rs 2.5 lakh on the concluding day of the eye camp organised by Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital (KMEH) in latehar as part of the Saryu Action Plan.
“The glasses will be distributed by Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh,” said Medical Director KMEH, Dr Bharti Kashyap.As many as 17 cataract ridden eyes of young children have been corrected in first fortnight of August set up in latehar district.Around 2004 people turned up at the eye camp in latehar which included more than 20 percent children who had different kinds of eye diseases. Dr Kashyap informed that around 250 children were treated and given glasses.
In latehar, around 24.3 percent of those who turned up at the eye camp were suffering from cataract; around 4.94 percent had corneal opacity.Around 200 patients suffering from cataract were operated with High quality foldable IOl at KEHS, with the assistance of the State Bank of India (SBI).