Mr Abdullahi Badamasi, the Hospital Manager, Makkah Specialist Eye Hospital in Kano, says
the facility has conducted free eye screening on more than 2,000 school children in Bauchi metropolis.
He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday that the ongoing screening was an annual
event as part of the hospital’s corporate social responsibility.
According to him, students from both private and public schools will benefit from the gesture.
He said that the medical outreach is targeting pupils and students of primary and secondary schools in Bauchi, adding that “the hospital will visit 20 schools within the state metropolis.
“This is an annual event that started in 2020; however, for this year the screening started in January and it will run throughout the year.
“We gave glasses and drugs to children that we diagnosed with various eye ailments,” he said.
