Ponnam inaugurates new block at Lions Club of Karimnagar Charitable Eye Hospital in Rekurthi

Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Friday lauded the Lions Club of Karimnagar Dr Bhaskar Madhekar Charitable Eye Hospital in Rekurthi for its relentless eye care services to the needy.

He was speaking at the hospital after inaugurating Lion Bomma Venkateshwar Block at Rekurthi in Karimnagar on Friday evening.

Charitable Eye Hospital chairman Konda Venu Murthy, secretary Prakash Holla, executive committee member Kola Anna Reddy and others were present.

The Minister noted that outpatient services were provided to a whopping 8.52 lakh persons, and free eye surgeries were conducted on more than 1.21 lakh patients at the charitable eye hospital since its inception in 1988. More than 9,000 free eye screening camps and community outreach programmes on eye care awareness were organised under the aegis of the hospital in hundreds of villages across the erstwhile composite Karimnagar district so far.