THE Tema Lions Club last Saturday organised a free eye-screening for about 400 residents of Adukrom and its surrounding communities in the Akuapem North District in the Eastern Region.
The exercise drew an overwhelming number of people from Apiredi, Dawu, Awukugua and Akropong among whom various eye defects such as glaucoma and cataract were diagnosed.
A free medication and glasses were provided to those with minor eye conditions, while those with serious defects were referred to the Tema General Hospital for free cataract surgical operations.
As part of the programme, the association also donated a number of wheelchairs to the Adukrom Clinic to facilitate the facility’s delivery of quality healthcare services to the people.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic after the exercise, the President of the club, Mr Henry Boateng, said the club took the initiative to organise the outreach programme to provide the people of Adukrom and its environs free access to quality eye-screening and treatment.
“It is our firm belief that a free medical exercise of this nature always provides the people an opportunity to seek proper medical attention about their health problems and also seek proper advice,” he said.
According to him, the club had established a multi-purpose eye care centre at the Tema General Hospital as part of the club’s commitment to empowering the health post to address the various eye problems facing the people in Tema and the country as a whole.
Mr Boateng added that the club had in the past organised a number of free eye-screening exercises for people living in Tema and Ashaiman and their environs and gave the assurance that similar initiatives would be carried out in other parts of the country.
“Those who had serious defects were referred to the Tema General Hospital, where they were operated upon for free,” he added.
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