Eye screening camp held at Mindhi village
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A door-to-door unique free eye screening project funded by Andhra Petrochemicals Ltd (APL) under their CSR activity has been initiated at Mindhi village by Sankar Foundation, a super-specialty eye hospital in the city.
The eye care project is aimed at eradication of avoidable blindness in Mindhi and adjoining colonies.
The project was inaugurated by Gudivada Amarnath, MLA, Anakapalle, in the presence of Sri Narsappa, vice-president, APL, G.S.N. Murthy, GM (HR), APL and Sankar Foundation officials.
A team of medical and paramedical staff of Sankar Foundation screened around 4,324 persons so far and provided 1,800 spectacles to needy persons and performed 133 cataract and 30 sub-specialty surgeries in Mindhi and its adjoining colonies.