By Ewoenam Kpodo
Denu (VR), March 04, GNA – Salaria Eyemed and Optical Suppliers, an eye medical health facility has opened a new branch at Denu in the Volta Region, to cater for the eye health needs of the people of Ketu South Municipality.
The Denu branch is the third of the health facility that has been in operation from 2018, with branches in Ho and Accra.
Dr Abraham Gaitu, the Chief Executive Officer of Salaria Eyemed at the opening ceremony, said the decision to open a branch at Denu was informed by the desire to serve the eye health interests of the people, having embarked on two earlier outreach programmes in the area.
He said Salaria Eyemed was committed to the provision of quality eye care services to all social classes and guided by core values of excellence, professionalism, teamwork, people-centred, discipline and integrity.
It was poised to provide services including comprehensive eye examination, treatment of eye conditions, and dispensing spectacles and contact lenses at the new branch,
Dr Gaitu said they would do this through state-of-the-art equipment and highly qualified staff to ensure the best customer experience, announcing their presence in the municipality with some free services to benefit the people.
“To kickstart our services, we are embarking on a free screening programme from Tuesday, 4th March to Thursday, 6th March 2025 at this same venue. We therefore entreat everyone to recommend the eye screening to our family, friends and work colleagues.
“Furthermore, we will be providing free eye consultation for the entire month of March with the possibility of extending same beyond March,” he said.
The purpose of this exercise was to help elicit avoidable blinding conditions such as cataract, adding that it was interesting to note that there were several people living blind because of cataract due to lack of access to eye care services.
He identified another condition worth mentioning to be glaucoma, which he described as “the silent thief of sight” and “the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide” and pledged the facility’s commitment to identify such cases and offer the needed assistance to help correct the problems.
Dr Gaitu expressed gratitude to Mr Israel Bossman, the Assembly Member for Denu and who also chaired the ceremony, and other individuals for their roles in the opening of the Denu branch.
Mr David Yao Agbokpe, the Municipal Director of Health Services through his representative appreciated the coming of Salaria Eyemed saying, its presence would add to the two other eye health facilities to improve eye health in the municipality.
Mr Jarvis Coffie, the Municipal National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Manager hinted of plans to work to have the facility to become a NHIS credentialed health facility so more subscribers could access its services.
Mr David Eglu, the Assemblyman for Adafienu pledged to work to ensure the facility embarked on outreach programmes to serve people in hard-to-reach areas in the Municipality.
Madam Adoley Kudzo who patronised who got her eyes screened, expressed satisfaction with the facility’s services.
Also present at the opening were representatives from the security agencies, the Denu Health Centre and the Denu office of Electricity Company of Ghana
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