The free medical outreach (Health-In-Motion) organized by Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its Joint Venture Partners took place in Elelenwo, Rivers State from the 28th – 30th of November, 2023. Through this Heath-In-Motion program free medical services are taken to the door steps of people living in remote rural communities in the Niger Delta and beyond. A major component of the program is the Vision First Initiative which involves provision of comprehensive eye care including refraction, provision of reading glasses, screening for glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, and surgery for cataracts and other eye conditions like pterygium. The Elelenwo outreach had a huge turnout of patients with 500 reading glasses distributed, and 64 eye surgeries performed majority of which were for cataracts. Eye care was provided by Kolmarg Eyesight Foundation.
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