Former Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs.Amosun,in her campaign to make life more comfortable for the less privileged, on 27th of February, 2012, collaborated with TulsiChanrai Foundation and Enpee Group to organize a Free Eye Camp for more than 4,000 people from the 20 local government areas of the state with impaired sights. The occasion was flagged-off at the General Hospital ljebu-Ode. Speaking at the occasion, Mrs. Amosun stated that it had come to her attention that sadly, several Nigerians are suffering from cataract, a cause of blindness, which could easily be cured through medical treatment, but were ending up blind due to ignorance and lack of access to treatment.
“We are passionate about the health of the people in all the nooks and crannies of Ogun State, especially the less privileged citizens in the society. Eye sight is something that can be easily taken for granted and that is why we have stepped up our awareness campaign to reduce loss of sight in the state. It is our belief that every citizen in the state deserves good healthcare and we are committed to supporting the state government in its aim to providing quality healthcare and increasing access to free surgeries where required,” she said.
The Former First Lady expressed her desire to always support lifesaving initiatives that would boost the health of the people. Free eye glasses, drugs and surgeries were also administered based on the various diagnoses. She described eyes as a very important organ of the body which must be taken care of regularly, assuring that the state government would continue to ensure quality health-care delivery services to the people of the state.
Speaking at the General Hospital, ljaiye in Abeokuta, while witnessing free surgeries performed on about 50 people who had lost their sight due to cataract and glaucoma, Mrs. Amosun said: “The surgery is in furtherance of the Free Eye Camp programme organised for the less privileged people, where over 4,000 people were screened across the state’s 20 local governments.
In the first phase of this programme, over 500 people were diagnosed with various eye ailments. Out of this group, eye-glasses were given to about 200 people, about 150 received free drugs, and 100 people were slated to undergo cataract surgery, 50 of these have already undergone surgery successfully and the others are on standby for their turn.