Residents of Region One in the Mabaruma District on Saturday benefitted from free eye tests and spectacles as the Ministry of Public Health continues to work with private sector agencies to host medical outreaches.
A Ministry of Public Health release said that some 55 men, women and children were tested at the Mabaruma Regional Hospital for refractive errors and eye diseases.
It said that persons were diagnosed with various ailments varying from astigmatism, pterygium, glaucoma and cataract. The eye examinations were done by Dr. Shannon Da Silva, an
