Let the elderly people in the Chongming reclamation regain their sight, and 10,000 hours of eye health will be delivered to their doorsteps
"I'm 90 years old. Now I can only see vaguely with my left eye. I can feel light in my right eye, but I can't see anything clearly. I have 9 stents installed on my heart. Please see if you can help me. Treat the cataracts." On the occasion of the Eye Love Day, at a free clinic held by the Guilin New Village Residents Committee of Dongping Town, Chongming District, Mr. Ji, an old man from Chongming Reclamation, told Sun Yan, director of Shanghai New Vision East Eye Hospital. This is the third time that the old man has returned to the free clinic to ask the doctor.
"Your eye condition is relatively complicated and your physical condition is not very good. You need to go to the hospital for further detailed examination and comprehensive evaluation of the risks and treatment options of the operation. If you can have surgery, we will do our best to treat you." Sun Yan answered patiently.
There are many elderly people with eye problems like this at the two free clinics in Xinhai Town and Dongping Town of Chongming Farm. The 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Elderly Foundation and the 65th anniversary of the Chongming Reclamation of Guangming Food Group, the "Respect for the Elderly, Bright Dream" free clinic event, received a total of 178 elderly people, as many as 90 suffering from cataracts, and some elderly people suffering from varying degrees of pterygium. , glaucoma and other eye diseases. Most of these elderly people work in Chongming farms. The working environment and awareness of eye disease prevention and treatment are weak, coupled with the inconvenience of seeking medical treatment. As a result, many people have eye diseases without knowing it, or they find that their eyes cannot see clearly and do not seek medical treatment in time.
Hu Yanzhao, chairman of the Shanghai Elderly Foundation, said with emotion that 65 years ago, Chongming Island was still barren. With the hard work and efforts of groups of reclamation warriors, the silt turned into fertile soil and the barren beach into fertile farmland, which contributed to the improvement of Shanghai people's livelihood. important force. "Today, we must carry forward the spirit of reclamation, and at the same time help the needy elderly who dedicated their youth to farm reclamation. This not only inherits the virtue of caring for the elderly, but respecting the elderly means respecting history and respecting oneself. It is also a sign of social civilization and progress. It is a benchmark of social warmth and an important milestone for upward progress.”
Chen Shaowei, the person in charge of the free clinic and deputy general manager of Guangzheng Eye Hospital Group, said that the hospital donated 10,000 hours of eye health services to the "Eye Health Special Fund" of the Shanghai Elderly Foundation this time to deliver eye health to the doorsteps of Chongming people and strengthen public eye health. Awareness cultivation, while providing public eye disease assistance to special groups such as disabled elderly and needy elderly.
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