MALDA, 15 May : The district health department has plans to re-launch a programme in the first week of June introducing eye screening camps across the district to counteract cataract.
The objective of the programme is to identify local people suffering from cataract and eradicate the disease, through operations in base camps introduced at various locations in the district by the health department.
Last year, doctors had covered patients from 40 gram panchayats. According to deputy CMOH II Dr Halder, the district health department had set up base camps in Chanchal-I, Bamongola, Habibpur, Manikchak and Kaliachak-III blocks.
The programme was suspended for some time, but plans are being made for a re-launch, with an objective to cover the remaining 106 gram panchayats out of the total 146 in this district. The plans have been submitted to the chief medical officer of health for approval.
The health department would set up and organise the camps, enlisting the help of paramedical staff to identify and register persons suffering from cataract.
“After the identification of sufferers, they will be approached and offered treatment in the base camps where doctors will examine the problem and take necessary steps,” said Dr D Haldar.
An average of three to four per cent of people in Malda district are suffering from cataract. ; sns
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