Continuing in its effort to provide medical facilities to underprivileged senior citizens, Sri Lanka's premier commercial establishment Lanka IOC has agreed to extend its support to HelpAge Sri Lanka (HASL) to conduct medical and eye camps for needy elderly citizens.
The Lanka IOC management has agreed to sponsor 12 mobile medical camps (MMU) with HelpAge during the next six months of this year. These medical camps will be conducted covering many districts of Sri Lanka
The elders will be examined by a special team of doctors, eye specialists and trained nurses at the mobile buses which have latest eye care and medical equipment. A doctor also attends the camps to examine elders who suffer from non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
HelpAge statistics reveal that the Lanka IOC had also sponsored mobile medical and eye camps during the first six months of this year in the districts of Matara, Akuressa and Ratnapura.
These camps benefitted about 800 elders who had various medical issues and eye ailments.
In addition, Lanka IOC also conducted medical and eye camps in Vavuniya, Hambantota, Matara, Colombo and Galle districts during last year and these camps benefitted over 900 elders.
HelpAge Sri Lanka which is a sister organization of HelpAge International, UK, a non-profit charitable institution that works to resolve the social, medical and low vision issues faced by destitute Sri Lanka's senior citizens. Speaking at a ceremony held in Colombo, Lanka IOC Managing Director Shyam Bohra highlighted that Lanka IOC always been helping needy citizens in the country to improve their vision impairment and health conditions through their CSR initiative.
Lanka IOC Senior Vice President (Retail Sales and HR) Siddharth Agarwal said in addition to various social services, conducting free mobile medical and eye camps for elders are also a part of their CSR initiative.
HelpAge Executive Director Samantha Liyanawaduge also appreciated the IOC management for making such an invaluable contribution towards a needy section in our society.
Executive Director Liyanawaduge said that HelpAge expects more similar donations in the future. IOC, Sales Manager Suren Gomes also attended.
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