Free eye examination and medication for the elderly

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of May 4, Tan Ky District Medical Center coordinated with Nghe An Eye Hospital to organize a training conference on "Instructions on eye care and protection skills for the elderly" for 80 members of the district's elderly association.

At the conference, students were taught skills to care for, protect, and detect eye diseases for the elderly and answered questions about some systemic diseases that lead to eye complications that the elderly often encounter. At the same time, questions were answered about symptoms encountered after eye surgery. From there, effective ways to prevent and combat eye diseases were found.

The elderly are screened and given free medicine.

After the training session, the Head of the Elderly Association of communes and towns will disseminate knowledge to members on how to take care of their eyes and prevent eye diseases.

On this occasion, the elderly in the town and neighboring communes were screened for cataracts and given free medicine for eye diseases by doctors from Nghe An Eye Hospital.

Phuong Hao

Tan Ky District Party Committee