75pc schoolchildren found suffering from eye allergies

By Our Reporter (Dawn 26-09-2008)

 

RAWALPINDI, Sept 25: As many as 75 per cent schoolchil­dren who were screened at the free eye-screening camp set up by AI-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital were found suffering from eye al­lergies.

 

More than 2,000 children had gone through eye check-ups dur­ing the free-school eye-screening camps conducted in August­September by AI-Shifa Trust under its Community Outreach Programme in various schools in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, a press release stated on Thursday.

 

AI-Shifa Trust free eye school screening team consisted of eye specialists Dr. Ashraf, Dr AIi Haider and Dr Abid and suppor­ted camp supervisor Mohammed Aslam and six paramedical staffs.

 

The heads of a number of aca­demic institutions have lauded the role of AI-Shifa Trust Hospital for conducting free eye camps in educational institu­tions. In their messages to the hospital, they stated that by con­ ducting free eye camps, AI-Shifa Trust was creating awareness among children of how to care about their eyes.