Rotary Club Provides Free Eye Surgery To 436 Kano Residents
About 436 Kano
residents recently, benefitted from a free eye surgery carried
out by Rotary Club of Lagos Island, Rotary International in collaboration with
the Geeta Ashram Nigeria in Kano.
The exercise, which
was conducted under Rotary’s Free Eye Operation Camp, tagged “Vision 2020 –
“the right to sight”, recorded mass turnout of people.
Beneficiaries at
the just- concluded Camp, called on political office holders and other wealthy
Nigerians, to help ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians with eye- related
problems by providing access to free medical screening and treatment.
Two of the
beneficiaries, a 75-year -old Trader, Mrs. Christiana Ogunmola, who
received her two eye sight after suffering for over 10 years, as well as a 62
Year Old Business Woman, Mrs. Justina Obi, described blindness as a
shameful disease.
Speaking, an
Ophthalmologist from the ECWA Eye Hospital, Dr Ugbede Idakwo who also conducted
the surgery along with Dr. Mayor Atima extolled the virtues of the sponsors on
their moral, financial and committment to the Programme.
He urged Nigerians
especially the poor masses, to be conscious of their health, as any neglect of
such could result to untimely and instalmental death or blindness.
The duo, pleaded
with the Federal government on the need for continued support to meaningful
NGOs to give hope to the hopeless who usually stay away from hospitals due to
huge hospital bills.
In their remarks,
the Coordinator, Rotary Club of Lagos Island, Chief Anil Gopwani, and a member
of the Trustees of Geeta Ashram, Mr Manu Lalwani expressed their profound
appreciation to the medical team of the ECWA Eye Hospital Kano led by the
Director of teh hospital, Dr Mayor Atima, and other paramedical staff.
It could be
recalled that Geeta Ashram, an NGO started the projects in 2001 to date and
subsequently partnered with the Rotary Mega Club of Lagos Island to actualize
2017 project.
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