The Punjab government will provide eyeglasses and hearing aids to 700,000 students having weak eyesight or hearing disability in the province.
“The students in the schools across Punjab will be subjected to medical check-up of their eyesight and hearing abilities. Those students having weak eyesight and hearing disabilities will be provided with spectacles and hearing aids. The screening process in the government and private schools across Punjab will be launched soon,” Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz was told during a meeting with a delegation of ATscale that would provide Rs500m financial assistance in this regard.
source DAWN.Com
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