Lions Clubs International Multiple District 404, Nigeria has inuaugurated a comprehensive eye care development project in the State of Osun.
The project was commissioned on Thursday, 16 December, 2021 by the state Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola at the State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
A joint project between the state government and the Lion’s Club, will operate from the Lions Eye Centre, situated within the premises of Osun State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo.
Financed by Lions Club International Foundation, the Charity arm of Lions Club International to the tune of US$542,142 over a period of four years, the project is a composite one that include rebuilding a secondary-level ophthalmology building at State Specialist Hospital, Asubiaro, purchase of one unit of Toyota Hilux Van for outreach campaigns as part of infrastructure development, human resource training for three project management team members, two Optometrists, one Equipment Technician and one Outreach Officer.
The training will be completed with short term training for five Ophthalmic Nurses amd two Ophthalmologists during the course of the project.
In terms of service delievery, the project is expected to screen a total of 410,209 individuals for various eye conditions, provide a total of 145,000 spectacles, conduct 26,000 cataract sirgeries, treat 115,000 cases of glaucoma through medication, treat 100,000 other eye conditions such as foreign bodies, trachoma, accident cases, burns and scars as well as conduct 12 outreach campaigns yearly over the four year period of intervention.
Speaking during the commissioning, the Chairperson Lions Club Comprehensive Eye Care Development project in Osun State and ex-Council Chairperson, Lion Kola Oyekanmi said the project which was conceptualised in 2016 came as a result of the need to scale up Lions investment in eye screening services to take care of all aspects of eye care.
Lion Oyekanmi seized the opportunity to inform the Governor of the intention of Lions Club to begin implementation of Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence, a social emotional learning (SEL) curriculum based youth development programme in the State of Osun.
While thanking the Lions Clubs International for the project, Governor Oyetola enjoined the people of Osun State and those from other states to make good use of the facility because of its peculiar nature and the state-of-the-art equipment installed at the Centre.
