SEPLAT offers free eye surgery to 287 in Edo, Delta

In fulfilment of its promise to provide free optical treatment at all levels to members of its host communities, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, operators of the NPDC/SEPLAT Joint Venture, has said 287 people from Edo and Delta States have successfully undergone eye surgery this year.
The Chief Executive Officer of SEPLAT, Mr. Austin Ovuri, disclosed this during the company’s annual “Eye Can See” CSR programme held at Orerokpe, headquarters of Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.
The free medical eye care programme, according to Ovuri, ran for three weeks and was held in nine centres across Seplat’s host communities in Delta and Edo states.
Ovuri said that the programme had over the course of six years screened 48,652 patients and dispensed 19,325 free glasses to persons in need of visual aid, while over 2,221 surgeries had been carried out successfully.
He said, “The Eye Can See” programme, a key component of Seplat’s Corporate Social Investment, is a health focused community engagement, which focuses on bringing free, qualitative and comprehensive eye care to members of its host communities.