LVPEI concludes Children’s Eye Care Awareness Week with walk at KBR Park

LVPEI concluded Children’s Eye Care Awareness Week with an awareness walk at KBR Park, attended by 600 children and parents. The event promoted outdoor play, sunlight exposure, and healthy reading habits to prevent or slow myopia, along with competitions and expert guidance

Hyderabad: The week-long Children’s Eye Care Awareness Week on Myopia, organised by LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), concluded with an awareness walk at KBR Park on Sunday.

About 600 children and parents participated in the walk. Placards to create awareness about myopia were carried during the walk, urging children to play outside and get sunlight to prevent/slow the onset of Myopia, a press release said.

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As part of spreading awareness about Myopia, the LVPEI conducted drawing and fancy-dress competitions for patients, school children and children of employees. Students from Hill Men High School, Banjara Hills, NTR Model School, Gandipet, Vignana Jyothi Public School, Madhura Nagar participated in the walk.

Less screen time, outdoor play in sunlight, reading in ample light, and holding books at the right angle are some ways that the onset of myopia can be slowed, said Dr Pavan Verkicharla, Myopia Researcher at LVPEI. Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya, Head, Child Sight Institute, LVPEI and other senior doctors were present.