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A Renowned Optometrist, Dr Ikenna Ugwu, has offered free eye care services to over 300 citizens of Amechi Uwani and surrounding communities of Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Ugwu, who offered services such as free eye examinations, free eye medications, diagnosis, high blood pressure checks among others, also donated free eye glasses, free masking contact lens, medications among other items to the beneficiaries, all worth millions of naira.
The Agbor, Delta State–based optometrist, said the programme was designed to immortalise his late parents, revered for their unparalled philanthropy.
“I engaged two optometrists for the exercise. We discovered that most people do not even know they have eye-related deficiencies that pose serious dangers to their sights and health in general.
“I performed similar outreaches during my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Delta and discovered that most people suffer from complications of sight ailments due to late report of cases.
“This late report of cases is mainly caused by ignorance and harmful traditional practices among other factors, but we educate them against such behaviours”.
Dr. Ugwu noted that the outreach then earned him automatic employment by the Delta State government as he presently chose to replicate such gesture to his people.
“I advise people to take good care of their eyes and general health well-being to avoid emergency and irredeemable situations.
We had a situation where some beneficiaries said they have not checked their eyes, blood pressures since the past six months, and most declined visiting the hospitals when informed of such condition”.
Chief Geoffrey Umeanuka, a stakeholder and businessman, said that Ugwu’s community and, indeed, the entire state, should be proud of him. Umeanuka, who is an in-law to the donor, said the crowd who turned up for the event was overwhelming and all of them received free eye-care services.
“Dr Ugwu Ikenna is my late sister’s son as philanthropy runs in the family’s blood as testified by people of the area”.
Engr. Kenechukwu Ugwu, the donor’s younger brother, said that the outreach was the family’s well-thought out decision to honour their late parents.
