Sharat MaxiVision plans to set up 60 centers by end of 2022 to make the society blind free
Athram Sakku, MLA (Member of legislative assembly of Telangana) from Asifabad constituency has unveiled Sharat MaxiVision Vision Centre in Asifabad today which caters to the need of eye care services of remote areas of Telangana. Kova Laxmi, Zilla parishad Chairman also graced the occasion. This center will offer of basic eye care services to those who stay in remote villages having no out reach to the eye care facilities in their vicinity
Many people have a fear that they need to shell out huge expenses if they go for eye checkups in cities like Hyderabad and Warangal which ultimately impact the vision of many. Vision centers like Asifabad will rectify the basic eye care problems of villagers.
Speaking on the occasion Dr. Sharat Babu Chilukuri, Chief Medical Director, Sharat MaxiVision Eye hospital said, making the society blind free is the motive behind the vision center launch in Asifabad. Sharat MaxiVision is planning to open 60 such Vision centers in Telangana by the end of 2022.Optometrists are available in all the Vision centers apart from weekly visits by ophthalmologists / Eye care specialist doctors to address any type of eye related problem. People living in remote areas / villages can now access these facility centers to undergo eye checkups at a nominal charge. Sharat Maxi vision will offer free eye checkups to poor on submission of substantial proofs.
All the basic eye problems like refractive error corrections / presbyopia etc. are rectified by the vision center doctors / optometrists. Depending upon the severity of the problems patients are referred to tertiary centers in Hyderabad, Warangal, Karim Nagar,Khammam to undergo further examinations.
Sharat MaxiVision is planning a mass people outreach program with eye camps in villages across the state of Telangana with the help of eye care volunteers and optometrists in its mission to make the society blind free. We will train rural area people on how to conduct basic eye checkups to all those people who wants become a volunteer in the mission. Volunteers on successful completion of the training will get a stipend from the Sharat MaxiVision.K. Manohar – DMHO, Ashok – Circle Inspector, Raju – Sub Inspector, K. Prem -Sub-Jail Police, Dwaraka Prasad, M. Satish, Yakub from Sharat MaxiVision were also present in program.