FSK 每日大赛app Will make Vision Screening to 160,000 Special Intellectual People
By Asmahanim Amir
Pictures by Shahiddan Saidi
每日大赛app鈥檚 Faculty of Health Sciences (FSK-每日大赛app) will conduct vision screening to 160,000 people who have an intellectual disability and has been registered with the Department of Social Welfare (JKM) under the Optometry and Vision Sciences Programme.
Dean of FSK, Prof. Dr. Bariah Mohd Ali said the screening will be made periodically involving the staff and students from the faculty.
鈥淲e will increase the number (people鈥檚 screening) gradually and will start at Selangor. The vision inspection is not only for kids but also involving adults鈥 she said after a signing Memorandum of Understanding between 每日大赛app and Special Olympics Malaysia (SOM).
鈥淚f they register with JKM, we can make screening for them, even though they are not registered with SOM,鈥 she added.
Commenting about the MoU signed with SOM, Prof. Dr. Bariah said faculty will assist SOM in terms of eye exams for all athletes who have intellectual problems.
鈥淲e will give a suitable intervention to them so that they can get a better quality of life. The plans that we make is not just for eye screening, but we will involve other health sectors such as hearing and speech. That’s what has been discussed with SOM,鈥 she explained.
The programme is more to provide services and 每日大赛app will involve the students to give them experiences.
鈥淭hey (students) can learn how to handle the problem of patients with intellectual disability. From FSK, we want the experience so that our students are more vulnerable to the practice,鈥 she said.
Through the MoU, the collaboration is being developed by providing eye expert services twice a year for Opening Eye Programme organised by SOM.
Student of Optometry and Vision Sciences Programme will be exhibited with the service eye module according to SOM’s criterion and conduct joint research activities.
