A private hospital in Nakuru Town hosted a World Sight Day and urged the public to pay attention to tackle blindness.
St. Elizabeth Hospital along the Kanu Street was a beehive as members thronged into the compound to celebrate the day.
Speaking at the hospital’s ground, Dr Mary Ouma, the medical officer in charge of the hospital said that medical personnel have the responsibilities to arrest the problems associated with blindness.
“I challenge medical personnel to take the responsibility of preventing and treating eye diseases in time”, said Dr Ouma.
She urged the county government to set up proper policy for managing the eye diseases to enable patients from becoming blind.
Dr Ouma however said that only one per cent of health workers have been trained on the management of eye diseases.
She also urged the members of the public to work closely with medical personnel to eradicate blindness.
“The biggest problem against the fight of blindness is ignorance and late diagnosis .So, if you have signs and symptoms of blindness, report the case to a hospital,” said Dr Ouma.
She stressed that fighting the blindness requires public understanding of what to do.
Dr Ouma raised the red flag with the regard to quack eye clinics which fleece patients and urged the county government and the Kenya Medical Laboratory and Technicians and Technologists Board to take charge of the matter.