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Towards better vision

K.S VIDYA

Getting their eyes checked is a must for students.

PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK

AN ESSENTIAL EXCERCISE: At the eye camp

Synchronically positioned, in matching blue and white, the bespectacled girls looked studious. Students of Sacred Hearts Girls High School, Gnanapuram these girls are among the lucky few who had the opportunity to get their eyes checked as a part of the Government schools eye screening camps conducted by Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital, Visakhapatnam.

Eye power

Out of 2,325 students, 115 girls were diagnosed with vision problems at the school. Students preparing for their board exams were given special attention. Some students had eye powers as high as minus nine and minus 14. ``A number of students lose out on their academics as a result of poor vision,'' said K. Mani Mala, Trustee and Chief Executive of Sankar Foundation.

The hospital screens students and provides them with spectacles, counselling and other eye care facilities. "It is important for students to be comfortable wearing spectacles,'' she added. The hospital has a tie-up with Tectron Polylens Ltd. that provides aesthetically designed spectacles free of cost to the children.

Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital, a philanthropic venture of A. Sankar Rao the Founder and Managing

Trustee is involved in a number of activities giving light and hope to many in search of better vision.

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