Eye care: NGO donates modern equipment to JUTH
A non-governmental organisation, Sightsavers Nigeria, has donated some modern equipment, worth millions of naira, to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) to improve eye care services. Presenting the equipment on Friday in Jos, Dr Sunday Isiyaku, Country Director of the organisation, said the gesture was aimed at ensuring quality service delivery.
Isiyaku explained that the donation was in line with the vision of his organisation to help address eye-related problems among the people of the state.
”Today, we have come to support and present some modern equipment to this hospital in order to promote quality eye care services in Plateau and its environs.
”These equipment will enable the Ophthalmology department of this hospital to attend to referrals from smaller hospitals.
”It will ensure the provision of quality treatment for complex eye disorders such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.
”Some of these items are an iCare tonometer for glaucoma diagnosis, phacoemulsification machine for cataract surgery, fundus camera for diabetic retinopathy, among others,” he said.
Receiving the items, Dr Pokop Bupwatda, the Chief Medical Director of JUTH, thanked the organisation for the gesture, adding that it would help improve service delivery. He said that the equipment would make eye care services available and affordable to all. The medical director promised that the hospital would put the equipment to good use for the benefit of those in need of eye care.
