Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Aiming to supply higher therapy to sufferers affected by eye ailments, the Health Department has appointed ‘Eye Mitra’ at well being and wellness centres within the rural areas and at 4 PHCs of city areas of the district.  

According to officers, Eye Mitras will present session for correcting the refractive index and distributing freed from price spectacles. “Along with providing eye check up facility, the Eye Mitras will also refer the patients to the higher facilities if the patient requires further care and treatment.

They will help the patients to get easy access to treatment of eye diseases and to get free spectacles at the closest health centres,” the well being officers mentioned. According to CMHO Dr BS Saitya, the Eye Mitra mannequin has been began for strengthening eye care and therapy in three districts of the state (Indore, Ujjain, Sehore). 

“Screening referral and distribution of spectacles by the Eye Mitra will be done free of cost at health institutions. The IEC poster has been made by the joint efforts of the Health Department and Nishtha – JHPIEGO,” CMHO Dr BS Saitya mentioned. He added {that a} launch programme for Eye Mitra was additionally organised in Bhopal by which medical officer of Primary Health Center Kodaria Dr Govinda Lodhwal was awarded for max institutional eye screening, whereas Shrya Ambekar of sub-health centre Shivni block Hatod was felicitated for max entry associated to eye well being companies within the Arogya portal. 

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Published on: Friday, July 21, 2023, 02:01 AM IST