Sharat MaxiVision plans to set up 60 centers by end of 2022 to make the society blind free
Asifabad / Hyderabad:Athram Sakku, MLA (Member of legislative assembly of Telangana) from Asifabad constituency has unveiled Sharat MaxiVision Vision Centre in Asifabad today which caters to the need of eye care services of remote areas of Telangana. Kova Laxmi, Zilla parishad Chairman also graced the occasion. This center will offer of basic eye care services to those who stay in remote villages having no out reach to the eye care facilities in their vicinity
Many people have a fear
that they need to shell out huge expenses if they go for eye checkups in cities
like Hyderabad and Warangal which ultimately impact the vision of many. Vision centers
like Asifabad will rectify the basic eye care problems of villagers.
Speaking on the
occasion Dr. Sharat Babu Chilukuri, Chief Medical Director, Sharat MaxiVision
Eye hospital said, making the society blind free is the motive behind the
vision center launch in Asifabad. Sharat MaxiVision is planning to open 60 such
Vision centers in Telangana by the end of 2022.Optometrists are available in
all the Vision centers apart from weekly visits by ophthalmologists / Eye care
specialist doctors to address any type of eye related problem. People living in
remote areas / villages can now access these facility centers to undergo eye
checkups at a nominal charge. Sharat Maxi vision will offer free eye checkups
to poor on submission of substantial proofs.
All the basic eye
problems like refractive error corrections / presbyopia etc. are rectified by
the vision center doctors / optometrists. Depending upon the severity of the
problems patients are referred to tertiary centers in Hyderabad, Warangal,
Karim Nagar,Khammam to undergo further examinations.
Sharat MaxiVision is
planning a mass people outreach program with eye camps in villages across the
state of Telangana with the help of eye care volunteers and optometrists in its
mission to make the society blind free. We will train rural area people on how
to conduct basic eye checkups to all those people who wants become a volunteer
in the mission. Volunteers on successful completion of the training will get a
stipend from the Sharat MaxiVision.K. Manohar – DMHO, Ashok – Circle Inspector,
Raju – Sub Inspector, K. Prem -Sub-Jail Police, Dwaraka Prasad, M. Satish, Yakub
from Sharat MaxiVision were also present in program
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