LFMEAB holds eye camps

An Eye Sight Acuity Testing Camp was held at Arcobaleno Footwear Ltd, a LFMEAB’s member factory on Friday.

A total of 65 workers were diagnosed with eye sight acuity problem and their treatment started accordingly.

LFMEAB is working on the lifestyle and professional development of workers of leather goods and footwear industry as a part of “Beyond Compliance Initiative”.

Eyesight acuity testing is one of the major activities of LFMEAB, as most of the workers work in different machines in a single direction for a prolonged time, said a statement.

The programme was organised in cooperation with Bangladesh Eye Hospital Limited.

In the first phase a representative from each factory and representatives from LFMEAB will participate in a 3 day-long practical and 1 day-long theoretical training.

These trained representatives from both factory and LFMEAB tested eye sight in different factories, and identified workers with eye sight defects.

On the second phase, a team of specially trained optometrist has tested eye sight in different factories, and identified workers with eye sight defects and suggested if they need a pair of glasses or not.

On the third phase, a team of specialist eye care doctors tested eyes of the workers to detect if there is any other problems rather than eye sight.

LFMEAB will hold such camps in 14 more factories in coming months.

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