Odisha govt forms empowered committee to reduce blindness
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Bhubaneswar: In an effort to develop a roadmap to reduce 25 per cent of curable blindness by 2022, Odisha government has formed an empowered committee led by LV Prasad Eye Institute's Dr Tara Prasad Das as Chairman.
The committee will have 16-member and recommend standards to implement, monitor and provide oversight for seamless implementation of universal eye care programme.
Under the programme announced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik recently, the state government has set a target to achieve 25 per cent reduction in treatable/curable blindness by 2022, a notification issued by the health and family welfare department said.
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