Sterlite Copper Conducts Free Eye Camp

Sept. 22, 2012 - PRLog -- TUTICORIN: Sterlite Copper organized a free eye camp at North Aathoor here on Sunday.                

As part of Sterlite’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the field of health, various health and eye camps are being conducted in different parts of the district regularly. An eye camp was organized in association with Aravind Eye hospital, Tirunelveli at Shanmugasundara Nadar High School, North Aathoor.

Around 175 people were benefitted from the camp and the participants were screened by a team of Aravind hospital doctors comprising Dr.Adarsh and Dr.Naronil.

During the camp, tests on various defects like myopia, hypermetropia, presbyopia, eye pressure, colour blindness were carried out on the participants and 34 people were referred for cataract surgery at Aravind Eye hospital, Tirunelveli.

Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper and employees of Sterlite were present during the event.

PHOTO CUT-LINE: Doctors screening the participants of eye camp at Shanmugasundara Nadar High School, North Aathoor in the district organized by Sterlite Copper on Sunday.
             
For further information, please contact:

L.N.Balakrishnan
Head - Public Relations
Sterlite Copper   ln.balakrishnan@vedanta.co.in
Tel:  +91 461 4242926


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