Comprehensive Eye Care for Manali Neighbourhood
on 12-Jun-2009
CPCL Contributes Rs.10 lakhs to Sankara Nethralaya
Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) has joined hands with Medical Research
Foundation of Sankara Nethralaya for undertaking a long-term project of Comprehensive Eye
Care (CEC)for the benefit of the people living in Manali and neighbourhood villages. In this
connection to begin with, CPCL has contributed Rs.10 lakhs to Medical Research Foundation
of Sankara Nethralaya for conducting 10 camps during the year 2009-10. A cheque to this
amount was handed over by Mr. K.K.Acharya, Managing Director, CPCLto Dr.L.Gopal,
Chairman, Medical Research Foundation of Sankara Nethralaya in the presence
of Dr.S.S.Badrinath, President & Chairman Emeritus, Medical Research Foundation
of Sankara Nethralaya, at CPCL’s Corporate Office this morning (12.06.2009).
The optometrists will carry out the screening of the patients at the campsite.
Based on the diagnosis for cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, squinting
of eye and other age-related changes etc., further treatment will be provided.
The implementation of this Comprehensive Eye Care Project is expected to
benefit the Manali and neighbourhood villages to a very great extent.