Karimnagar: Officials told to conduct eye tests to all sanitation workers

Karimnagar Collector Pamela Satpathy instructed the officials to conduct eye tests to 3000 sanitation workers working in municipalities and gram panchayats across the district.

Karimnagar: Collector Pamela Satpathy instructed officials to conduct eye tests and cataract operations if necessary, to all sanitation workers.

The Collector on Wednesday visited the district headquarters hospital. Speaking on the occasion, she instructed the officials to conduct eye tests to 3000 sanitation workers working in municipalities and gram panchayats across the district. While visiting the screening room, she enquired about screening tests by interacting with DMHO Sujatha and In-charge RMO Naveena. Later, the Collector interacted with sanitation workers who came to hospital for cataract operation. She asked workers to educate their colleagues about operations.

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DMHO informed that arrangements have been made to perform operations across the district. Stating that screening tests have already been done to 600 workers, she informed that they have decided to conduct cataract operations to 20 workers.