Bliss Eye Care Provides Free Eye Screening for 500 Individuals

Bliss Eye Care Provides Free Eye Screening for 500 Individuals

Bliss Eye Care Provides Free Eye Screening for 500 Individuals

Bliss Eye Care, a private eye clinic in Wa, has provided free eye screening for about 500 people in Funsi and surrounding communities in the Wa East District. Based on their eye conditions, the attendees were either given medications or reading glasses, with about 20 of them receiving reading glasses at no cost.

Access to eye care services at Funsi was difficult due to the lack of eye specialists, and people with eye conditions had to travel to either Issa or Wa for such services.

The beneficiaries expressed their gratitude to Bliss Eye Care for extending their services to the community. Mr. Dodi Bachan Issah, a teacher at Funsi Senior High School, praised the free reading spectacles he received, stating that it would help him to teach better.

Miss Munira Halitu Dumah, another beneficiary, shared how Bliss Eye Care had helped with her itchy eyes condition.

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Bliss Eye Care had been organizing free eye screening exercises for school children under their Blissful Sight for Kids project. They have screened thousands of children with eye conditions and provided free medications and reading glasses for those who needed them.

Dr. Zakarea Al-hassan Balure, an Optometrist and Manager of Bliss Eye Care, noted that people often felt reluctant to seek treatment for eye conditions since they did not feel pain. He urged the public to visit health facilities for eye problems instead of attempting self-medication.

The people were screened with conditions such as trachoma, glaucoma, refractive errors, conjunctivitis, and cornea opacities, and were given medications and reading glasses. Others were referred to Wa for further attention.

Dr. Zakarea Al-hassan Balure expressed his hope to increase their screening exercise in the following year to benefit more children in the region. He also described 2022 as generally successful for the screening exercise.

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