By Abel Leonard/ Lafia
Nasarawa State has commenced another round of free medical eye care for residents of the State.
Permanent Secretary ,Ministry of Health in the state Mallam Ishaku Abari stated this while receiving a team of health experts from Egypt who arrived Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital for the eye care medical campaign.
Mallam Ishaku Abari said the free medical eye care was in furtherance of the state government’s determination towards improving the health conditions of residents, especially the less privileged.
He pointed out that five thousand beneficiaries have been targeted for the free eye medical care which would last for one week.
Leader of the medical experts and a consultant Opthalmic Surgeon Dr. Kabir Abubakar from Albasar International Foundation, Egypt explained that the exercise would involve general eye care and cataract surgeries for five hundred beneficiaries.
Dr. Kabir Abubakar also added that the medical team is made up of four opthalmic surgeons and twelve technical eye care experts.
