Students from Loggu Circuit in Wa East benefit from free eye screening exercise

For many Ghanaians, the habit of going for a routine medical check-ups without any sign of ailment is almost none existent. And when it comes to routine eye check-ups, the situation is even worse.

For the purpose of this piece, we will be limiting it to eye care which is one of the major crucial organs of the human body that must never be toyed with.

Since many eye diseases do not exhibit any symptoms at their primary state of infection, it only takes regular routine medical checkups for early diagnosis for early treatment to prevent its escalation to deadly levels.

On the back of this, the Bliss Eye Care centre in the Wa Municipality has set the pace in targeting the screening of young school children in the various districts across the region.

On Saturday, July 29, 2023, the train stopped at the Loggu Circuit in the Wa East Region where over 438 pupils were taken through the screening.

95 of them were found to have normal eyes, while 328 of them were diagnosed of Pathological (having issues relating to medication).



14 of the participants were diagnosed with Refractive Errors (having issues relating to eyeglasses) and only one person falling within the Cataract and Glaucoma category.



Subur Abdul-Latif


Jabir, Assistant District Director of Education for Wa East, speaking on behalf of his boss thanked the Bliss Eye Care management for coming to the aid of the children.



According to him, giving the care to the children at this stage of their life is very crucial since it's better to get diagnosed at one's early life should the person has a problem than getting to know about it later in life as the eye is very important to human survival.



All the beneficiaries were ecstatic over the exercise as those diagnosed of one disorder or the other received treatment with others even taken home pairs of lenses free of charge to help correct their condition.



"Sometimes I'll just be reading and the words would be mixed and I can separate them. This one has been happening to me for about 4 years now. When it happens that, I normally have to sit and relax for sometime. And if it still persists, I would need to squeeze my eyes for some time so that I can see the words again," a form two student, Musah Inusah told journalists.



Another student, Sampen David from Kpaglaghi said:" we were playing football in 2019 when somebody hit me in the eye and I got enjured. When it happened, they got me some medication from our village market. But from time to time, I will be feeling the pains in the eye. So when they checked me they said they will have to perform a surgery and on me. I'll be happy if get the eye to get healed like the other one."



"I'm Abdul -Karim Suleman from Naakori. I'm a form 2 student of Loggu Community Day Senior High School. I struggle a lot with my vision in class. I normally have to go close to the board before I can clearly see what has been written on the board or unless somebody dictates it for me to write. But today, after examining me by the doctor, I was given some spectacles which makes see very spectacular. I'm very grateful to them. I'm even lost of words to express my gratitude to them," another beneficiary student expressed his commendation to the Bliss Eye team.