Salaria Eyemed and Optical Suppli­ers, an eye medical health facility has opened a new branch at Denu in the Volta Region, to cater for the eye health needs of the people of Ketu South Municipality.

The Denu branch is the third of the health facility that has been in oper­ation from 2018, with branches in Ho and Accra.

Dr Abraham Gaitu, the Chief Execu­tive Officer of Salaria Eyemed at the opening ceremony, said the decision to open a branch at Denu was informed by the desire to serve the eye health interests of the people, having em­barked on two earlier outreach pro­grammes in the area

He said Salaria Eyemed was commit­ted to the provision of quality eye care services to all social classes and guided by core values of excellence, profes­sionalism, teamwork, people-centred, discipline and integrity.

It was poised to provide services including comprehensive eye exam­ination, treatment of eye conditions, and dispensing spectacles and contact lenses at the new branch.

Dr Gaitu said they would do this through state-of-the-art equipment and highly qualified staff to ensure the best customer experience, announc­ing their presence in the municipality with some free services to benefit the people.

“To kickstart our services, we are embarking on a free screening pro­gramme on March 4-6 at the same ven­ue. We therefore entreat everyone to recommend the eye screening to our family, friends and work colleagues.

“Furthermore, we will be providing free eye consultation for the entire month of March with the possibility of extending same beyond March,” he said.

The purpose of this exercise was to help elicit avoidable blinding condi­tions such as cataract, adding that it was interesting to note that there were several people living blind be­cause of cataract due to lack of access to eye care services.

He identified another condition worth mentioning to be glaucoma, which he described as ‘the silent thief of sight’ and the leading cause of irre­versible blindness worldwide.

Mr David Yao Agbokpe, the Municipal Director of Health Services through his representative appreciated the coming of Salaria Eyemed saying, its presence would add to the two other eye health facilities to improve eye health in the municipality.

Mr Jarvis Coffie, the Municipal Na­tional Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Manager hinted of plans to work to have the facility to become a NHIS credentialed health facility so more subscribers could access its services.

Mr David Eglu, the Assemblyman for Adafienu pledged to work to ensure the facility embarked on outreach programmes to serve people in hard-to-reach areas in the Municipality.

—GNA