Fountain of Joy and Comfort Foundation (FJC) dispatched a team of 15 persons to Erin Ile Kwara State, on 14th December, 2016. The team comprised 1 Administrator, 7 Optometrists, 1 Nurse, 1 Pharmacist, 1 Medical Laboratory Scientist, 1 Program FJC Officer, 1 Media Officer, and 2 Transport Officers. They set out for the annual free medical/eye care outreach which the Foundation carries out in association with Bishop David Abioye of Living Faith Church (Winners Church), for the people of Erin Ile and their environs. The Foundation also brought a Consultant Ophthalmologist from the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital to join them for the outreach.
It began on 15th December, 2016 and ended on 17th December, 2016. Daily, after the team has prayed, the outreach began at 8:30am with registration of patients who have gathered to be attended to. From the registration points, the patients below 30 years went to the Visual Acuity (VA) stands while those above 30 went for Blood Pressure Checks, then Blood Sugar Test, before proceeding to the VA stands. From the VA points, patients with VA of 6/9 or above went ahead to internal/external examination stands while those with VA below 6/9 went to do auto refraction before going to internal/external examination stands.
From the internal/external examination stands, patients were either sent to dispensing points for Glasses and/or Drugs, or refraction points where needed. Diagnosis were made and treated appropriately either with lenses or drugs and those that required surgical intervention were sent to the ophthalmologists for further investigations and surgery where necessary, while those that required follow up were referred to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin Kwara State. Counseling on eye related issues was also given to the patients.
A total of 624 patients were registered; 220 on the first day, 252 on the second day, on the third day 152. A total of 302 glasses were issued to patients. 43 surgery cases were handled by the Ophthalmologist, Professor Adepoju Feyisayo. She also handled the Post-Operative review and follow-up review scheduled for January 2017. 96 special and stock order lenses were also taken, to be produced by the Foundation and delivered to the patients, also in January 2017.