By
Tricitynews
Chandigarh 11th October:- On occasion of
World Sight Day, Rural Health Training Centre, Naraingarh organized a screening
camp at Government Senior Secondary school (Boys), Naraingarh. A total of 51
children in age-group of 8-15 years were screened out of which 6 children were
found to have low vision. These children were referred to Civil hospital,
Naraingarh to undergo refraction and further management. The screening was
carried out by Dr Gurmeet Singh, Junior Resident, Community Medicine, Dr
Ashwini K, Junior Resident, Paediatrics, Rai Singh, Public Health Nursing
Officer (PHNO) and Jagdish, MPHW (M) under supervision of Dr Bashar, Senior
Resident, School of Public Health, PGIMER, Chandigarh. Further, a health
education session was also organized in which the audience, students and school
teachers, were made aware about the problem of refractive error and other
preventable causes of low vision and blindness, its various sign and symptoms
and when to contact a eye specialist. A total of 20 teachers and 80 students attended
the session addressed by Dr Bashar. Principal, Dr. Sudha thanked the PGIMER
team for organizing the camp and requested to organize such camps in future too
for benefit of students and teachers of the school.
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