The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Foundation has commenced free cataract extraction surgery in South-West of the country, with 1000 people to be first set of the beneficiaries to take place at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta.
Penpushing reports that the lead consultant physician for the foundation Anne Amugo explained that the initiative was intended to give back to society, adding that aside from the Federal Medical Centre, the surgery will also take place, Likosi Health Centre, Mosimi, Joga and Ajebo, all in Ogun State.
The Physician for the foundation equally disclosed that the four centres would cater to beneficiaries from Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states, all in the South-West, stressing that the team was working together to bring succour to Nigerians
‘Our team is working together to bring succour to Nigerians. Blindness brings darkness to a person’s life, but the hope of restoring light is treasure you can’t imagine. We have commenced the surgeries proper today, but we’ll have the formal flag-off on Wednesday’, she stated
Penpushing further reports that Peter Abikoye, a consultant ophthalmologist at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Abeokuta,Dr Peter Abikoye while speaking commended the initiative, which worthy of emulation, adding that surgeries had already been performed on 50 persons while assuring that the other 50 would be completed .
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