4001 are the general ones reviewed within the "Vision" initiative! Review! "
Finished the last week of the National Screening Campaign for free eye reviews of the Bulgarian Medical Union, the Bulgarian Society of Ophthalmology and Bayer Bulgaria "Vision is everything! Get Viewed! ".
The campaign launches on May 10 in Samokov with the ambitious task of covering the most vulnerable groups of the population in our country: children and people around and over 50 years of age, to diagnose the most common socially important eye diseases, to inform the Bulgarian society of the important Role of prevention, care for eye health and timely eye reviews.
Since July 16, the specialists visited 42 cities across the country and 4 001 are the general ones reviewed since the beginning of the campaign.
In the last week of the campaign, for the period 12-16 July, a total of 481 people were reviewed in the cities of Lovech, Troyan, Veliko Tarnovo, Sevlievo and Lukovit.
286 of them are adults, with a large part thereof, which requires further research and treatment. The oldest reviewed patient is 98 years old and is from the town of Veliko Tarnovo.
Children consulted by specialists in the past week are 195 and the smallest patients are 2 years old and are from Lovech, Troyan, Veliko Tarnovo and Sevlievo.
Throughout the campaign, children were reviewed using special equipment purchased with funds collected by the Bulgarian Christmas charity initiative.
