The Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL) in collaboration with Care Netram, an organization for vision care for the underprivileged, organized a free eye check-up camp at the Occupational Health Centre at Dalmia Cement’s Cuttack plant-Kapilas Cement Works (KCW), Odisha.
The camp provided accessible and affordable vision care services benefitting 94 individuals from the periphery villages of Suniapada, Biswali, Kanpur, Kushapada, Garudagaon, Kanamira, Amiyajhari, Byree, Mania, Sapanpur, Barunia, and other KCW workers, employees and their families. During the check-up, spectacles were provided at subsidized rates to persons with refraction defects.
Patients with conditions such as cataracts and retina abnormalities were counselled for further evaluation and referred to for treatment in Bhubaneswar. Notably, four special cases were counselled for cataract operations free of cost at the affiliated hospital, Vision Care in Bhubaneswar.
Commenting on the initiative, Deputy Executive Director, DCBL and Unit Head-KCMW, Bhavesh Wala stated, "At Dalmia Bharat, we are committed to making a positive difference in the communities we are a part of, ensuring sustainable development.”
