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Commemoration of World Sight Day & Eyecare Awareness Month

The MEC for Health in province, Mr Mxolisi Sokatsha in collaboration with the South-African National Council for the Blind, it’s agency the Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness division and VODACOM, will commemorate annual World Sight Day on 12 October 2011 as part of October Eye Care Awareness month in the Frances Baard District in the Northern Cape Province.

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During the month of October the global attention is focused on blindness and vision impairment and World Sight Day will be commemorated in 2011under the theme: “Delivering eye care to the communities”
A number of build-up activities are scheduled as follows:

 

Date

Venue

Activity

Wednesday,05 October 2011
11h00

Ritchie Clinic-11h00

MEC Handing over of spectacles, screening and treatment of eye problems

Thursday,06 October 2011
11h00

Platfontein Clinic-11h00

MEC Handing over of spectacles, screening and treatment of eye problems

Friday,07 October 2011

Prof ZK Matthews Hospital-
Barkley-West

Referral Clinic

Monday 10 - Friday 14 October
2011

Prof ZK Matthews Hospital-
Barkley-West

Cataract Blitz-Eye operations

Wednesday, 12 October 2011
14h00

Be Beershoogte Community Hall : Barkley-West-14h00

World Sight Day event

Thursday 20-Friday 22 October

Kimberley

Parliament for the Blind

Eye Screening, Spectacles and Eye operations will be done FREE of charge.

Similar eye awareness tours will be embarked upon in the next three months in the
Pixley-Ka Seme,Siyanda and Namaqua districts respectively.

Our media partners are cordially invited to the abovementioned activities, especially
05&06 October 2011 and the main event on 12 October 2011 where the MEC will be present.

Working together, we can do more!

Enquiries:
Andrid F. Scholtz
Ministerial Spokesperson
Tel : 053 830 2000
Cell: 0824479696
Fax: 053 8331925
E-mail : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Issued by: Ministry of Health
Northern Cape Province
04 October 2011

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Office of the Premier 
Private Bag X5016 
Kimberley 
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