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1st Annual Community Eye Health Screening
Cost: $3,000
HEALTHCOMMUNITY AWARENESSCOMPLETED
4/10/2023
In April 2023, No Limits Nepal hosted a community eye health screening for at-risk locals. The screening evaluated the need of glasses, medication, or further surgery. Glasses and medication were given free of cost when needed.
Our No Limits team is happy to have completed our first health program partnered with doctors from Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj. We look forward to working with our partners in the future to continue expanding eye care in our community.
No Limits Nepal believes in every community member's right to accessible health services. An individual's access to quality health services directly affects their mobility and overall quality of life.
While basic medical services are available in the village, more technical health specializations, such as eye treatments, are not available. This was a major opportunity for Sanni community members young and old. Our longterm objective is to identify chronic illnesses and ailments, that would otherwise go undetected, and facilitate treatment. Over 3 days we hosted health screenings in wards 4 & 6 of Sanni Triveni Municipality with hopes of screening 200 patients per day.
The largest expense for this program was the glasses and medicine we distributed, free of cost, to locals. We provided quality metal-frame glasses at a wholesale cost of 380 rupees, or about $2.95 each. For eye medicine we provided eye drops (lubricating and antibiotic), antibiotics (pills and ointments) and anti-glaucoma medicine, at a cost of about 1,50,000 rupees, or $1,155. Other costs included doctor and nurse payments, transportation and medical supplies. The total cost of the screening was about 4,00,000 NPR, or $3,000.
Our April 2023 eye health program screened over 1,000 locals and distributed over 1,300 medicines and 400 pairs of glasses. We recorded over 80 locals in need of cataract surgery and another 15 youth in urgent need of glasses. In the following months we provided custom-made glasses for those youth, and 38 patients received free cataract surgery.
Ward 6 of Sanni Triveni with neighboring municipality Raskot in the backdrop.
Moments from our 2023 eye health screening