Monday, 17 June 2013

Katsina State Hon. Commissioner and Permanent Secretary of Health visits India


Katsina State Hon. Commissioner and Permanent Secretary of Health
along with Dr. R. Pulgaonkar, CEO, and team of Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India

TCF in its endeavor to build capacity of Nigerian health system facilitated a visit of Katsina State Hon. Commissioner and Permanent Secretary of Health to India. The objective of the visit to India was to have discussions with Indian doctors on how health facilities in the State of Katsina could be enhanced. 


Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai India facilitated the discussions between India‘s renowned medical practitioners and the Hon. Commissioner and Permanent Secretary of Health of Katsina State. There were detailed discussions on setting up of sub-specialties like refraction centre, pediatric ophthalmology and medical retina in Katsina.  

Hon. Commissioner and Permanent Secretary after their visit are keen on expanding the eye care services in Katsina. They are also interested in sending their ophthalmologists for training in India. 

During their visit they also witnessed the Eye surgeries of disadvantaged Indian performed free of charge at Tulsi Eye hospital managed TCF‘s sister organisation Mission for Vision in India. 

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