30 December 2024, Chatra-Godda-Pakur: Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra (NBJK), with support from SBI Foundation, Mumbai, organized special health camps for eye care under the SBI Sanjeevani Clinic on Wheels program. On 28th December 2024, a camp was held in Kolkole Kala village, Lawalong block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, where 107 people underwent eye check-ups, received free medicines, and 38 individuals were provided spectacles for refractive errors. Additionally, 14 cataract patients were referred to LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Hazaribagh), for free surgeries.
On 26th December 2024, similar camps were organized in two locations. In Tarkhutta village, Podaiyahat block, Godda district, 146 people attended, out of which 86 were identified with eye ailments. Spectacles were provided to 31 individuals, and 11 cataract patients were referred to LNJP Eye Hospital, Dumka, for free surgeries. Another camp in Paliyadah village, Pakuria block, Pakur district, saw 104 people undergoing eye check-ups, with 42 receiving spectacles and 36 cataract patients referred for surgeries at LNJPEH, Dumka.
These camps offered free consultations, medicines, spectacles, and surgeries, benefitting numerous eye patients. The remarkable efforts of the SBI Sanjeevani Clinic on Wheels teams from Chatra, Godda, and Pakur ensured the success of these initiatives. The camps were effectively coordinated by Program Manager Shailesh Kumar.
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