Wednesday, May 30, 2012

STERLITE COPPER CONDUCTS FREE EYE CAMP


TUTICORIN: Sterlite Copper organized a free eye camp at Panchayat Union Primary School, Therku Veerapandiapuram here on Saturday.               

As part of Sterlite’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the field of health, various health and eye camps are being conducted in different parts of the district regularly. An eye camp was organized at Therku Veerapandiapuram in association with Aravind Eye hospital, Tirunelveli.

Around 120 people were benefitted from the camp and the participants were screened by a team of Aravind hospital doctors comprising Dr.Neha and Dr.Pooja.

During the camp, tests on various defects like myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, eye pressure, colour blindness were carried out on the participants and 30 people were referred for cataract surgery at Aravind Eye hospital, Tirunelveli.

Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper and employees of Sterlite were present during the event.

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