On Sunday, October 28th, 2012: Friends in Sight did a vision screening in conjunction with a Health Faire conducted by the Sai Baba Organization and assisted by local lions in Oxnard, CA. The screening began at 8:30am and the last patient of the day was leaving with their recycled eyeglasses at 4:00pm.
Listed below is a synopsis of the vision screening findings:
- 414 patients were seen for the day.
- Of the 414, 32 needed no prescription, 11 need to be made at the optical lab and 371 received recycled eyeglasses.
- 1 patient needs an assessment/treatment for bilateral blepharospasm.
- 1 patient needs an excision of a pterygium on one eye.
- 14 patients need assessment/treatment for glaucoma.
- 1 patient needs a penetrating keratoplasty secondary to corneal decompensation.
- 2 patients need cataract surgery on at least one eye.
- 1 patient needs an excision and biopsy of a growing conjunctivial mass lesion.
- 1 patient needs an assessment by a retinal specialist for a macular lesion.
- 1 patient needs a workup for unexplained optic atrophy in one eye.
It was a great day of working together with many people from various organizations who are dedicated to helping others. Listed below are those who participated directly in the vision screening:
Sai Baba: Shrinivas Dyavarshetty, Ram Yamasani, Ana Maria Corral, Nancy Haldia, Jason Duarte, Roxanne Banaderji, Pati Griffin, Srinivas Nukala, Robert Liyanage, Sandy Iyer, Kavita Patel, Kamakshi Patel, Latha Sarakki, Vijaya Thota and Praveen Sontha, O.D.
District 4-A3 Lions:
Oxnard/Channel Islands Lions Club: Stella Batey, Everett Batey, Kevin Macey, and Wayne Rowe.
Simi Valley/Moorpark Lions Club: Barbara Penney and Kathy Strange.
Ventura Downtown Lions Club: Richard Davis.
El Rio Educators Lions Club: Stella Godinez, Terry Contreras, Margaret Donlevy and Bob Bauer.
Oxnard Noontimer's Lions Club: Toby Scott, Ryan Althoff, Roman Vaisman, John Ferrar, Jeff Norris, Patrick Orozco, Pat Riggs and Byron Wedemeyer.
District 4-L5 Lions:
Hemet Breakfast Lions Club: Dottie Allen.
Jurupa Lions Club: Irasema Guzman.
Calimesa Breakfast Lions Club: Don Ranney, Rob Manning, Lucy Manning, Dick Mottar, Dan Ogaz, Kathy Ogaz, Ricardo Terrones, Larry Rowell, Diane Rowell, Pati Van Dusen and Brian Van Dusen, O.D.
District 4-L4 Lions:
Cucamonga District Host Lions Club: Larry Williams.
Others: Rosie Felix, Li Liana Garcia, Josie Mancilla and Maria Mendez.
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