With the initiative of the World Health Organization, the second
Thursday of October is marked as World Sight Day every year.
According to the report from the International Agency for the
Prevention of Blindness, about 300 million people in the world
suffer from vision problems. 39 million people have completely lost
their sight. 19 million people with eye problems are children and
1.5 million of them suffer from blindness.
The number of such people is rising by 45 k every year. The
doctors assert that 80 percent of cases might be prevented if dealt
with in time. The lives of 153 million people around the earth
might be improved as a result of eye examination and provision with
glasses.
“Mobile Eye Clinic” of “Azercell Telecom” LLC, the company which
supports numerous social initiatives towards human welfare and
healthy generation in future and implements a number of projects in
this direction throughout its operation, has made its next journey
on this occasion. In fact, “Mobile Eye Clinic” established and
operating with the support of the Azercell for more than seven
years, will offer an ophthalmological examination for orphans and
socially deprived under-aged in social shelter and rehabilitation
institute on October 11, in Zabrat.
The Doctors of the Clinic examined and treated the refugees and
IDPs, martyr’s families and their children, orphans, children from
divorced families, people in need of treatment.
Notably, “Mobile Eye Clinic” established on June 01, 2011 on the
International Children’s Protection Day, visits boarding houses,
nursing homes, and schools in Baku and different districts of
Azerbaijan.
During the examinations conducted by “Caspian Compassion
Project” Public Union with the support of Azercell, people benefit
from the services and necessary advice on eye protection offered by
qualified ophthalmologists and experts. In 2017 “Mobile Eye Clinic”
of Azercell examined 1426 people free-of-charge from Baku and other
districts. During these 7 years, totally 6063 people have benefited
from this unique project.
For more information, please contact
[email protected]
The leader of the mobile communication industry of Azerbaijan
and the biggest investor in the non-oil sector Azercell Telecom LLC
was founded in 1996. With 48% share of Azerbaijan’s mobile market
Azercell’s network covers 80% of the territory and 99,8% of
population of the country. Currently, 4,5 million subscribers
choose Azercell services.
Azercell has pioneered an important number of innovations in
Azerbaijan, including GSM technology, advance payment system, 24/7
Customer Care, online customer services, GPRS/EDGE, M2M, MobilBank,
one-stop- shop service offices Azercell Express, mobile e-service
“ASAN signature”, etc.
Azercell deployed first 4G – LTE services in Azerbaijan in 2012.
According to the results of mobile network quality surveys of
Global Wireless Solutions company and international systems
specialized in wireless coverage mapping such as “Opensignal” and
“Testmy.net”, Azercell’s network demonstrated the best results
among the mobile operators of Azerbaijan.
---
Follow us on Twitter @AzerNewsAz