Bogor, 14 March 2018 – The series of social activities in commemorating the 61st anniversary of BCA still continues. Through the Bakti BCA program, the Bank BCA organizes another Free Cataract Surgery as one of its efforts to eradicate visual impairment and blindness due to cataract. In collaboration with Cataract Blindness Eradication Unit of the Indonesian Opthalmologist Association (SPBK Perdami), BCA organizes free cataract surgeries at RSAU dr. M. Hassan Toto Lanud Atang Sendjaja Bogor (14/3).
Attending the Free Cataract Surgery program was Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rizali Zakaria, Administrative Coordinator of SPBK Perdami dr. Sita Paramita Ayuningtyas, Commander of the Atang Sendjaja Air Base TNI (Indonesian Armed Forces) Air Commodore Irwan Isdunggio, Chairman of PIA Ardhya Garini Atang Sendjaja Air Base Branch Wita Irwan Isdunggio and Director of the Dr. M. Hassan Toto Ngudiarto Air Force Base Hospital Lt. Col Medical Corps dr. Ngudiarto, SpPD. The cataract surgeries conducted in Bogor is targeted to reach more than 60 patients.
“BCA noted that feasible health services that are accessible to all Indonesians still require special attention. This cataract surgery is a sustainable activity of BCA and we are working to reach people in various parts of Indonesia. We believe that cataracts can happen to anyone, not only our senior citizens and generally it can be treated with surgery. Through the operation, we are expecting to improve health in communities so as to build the potential of community assets together,” explained Rizali.
BCA has been working with SPBK-Perdami since 2001. Throughout 2017, BCA has successfully facilitated 5 free cataract surgeries with a total of 610 patients. These free cataract surgeries were performed at RSUD Tangerang City, Luwu and East Luwu South Sulawesi, RSUD A Diponegoro Putussibau West Kalimantan, RSK Lindimara and RS Karitas Sumba NTT and RSUD Dr H Abdul Moeloek Lampung. In addition to organizing free cataract surgery, BCA also donated a unit of Phacoemulsification Cataract Machine Intuitiv AMO and three sets of support tools for cataract surgery to Perdami in previous November 2017. Not only that, in 2017, BCA had also participated in Fee Cataract Surgery organized by Kick Andy Foundation in December 2017 at Klinik Ume Manekan Soe East Nusa Tenggara, with a total of 109 patients. Previously, at the end of 2016, BCA had also submitted a donation of Rp500 million to SPBK Perdami in order to purchase two microscopes needed for free cataract surgery in various places in Indonesia. As of December 2016, BCA and SPBK had organized approximately 51 Free Cataract Surgeries in various regions in Indonesia.
In addition to surgeries performed at the Atang Sendjaja Air Force Base Hospital Bogor, BCA will also organize free cataract surgeries at Prima Vision Eye Hospital, Medan on 10 March 2018 and Columbia Asia Hospital, Medan on 18 March 2018. BCA also expresses its gratitude through other series of social activities, including Blood Donor, Free Medical Treatment in various regions, Teacher Seminars from 17 BCA foster schools, seminars for SMEs, and various other social activities.
“The community is an integral part of BCA’s sustainability. This is what drives us to work together to build prosperity for the community around us, one of them is Medan. Let us together build the community that is healthy and free from cataract,” Rizali concluded.
BCA Organized Free Cataract Surgery in Bogor – Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of BCA Rizali Zakaria (seventh left) with Commander of the Atang Sendjaja Air Base TNI (Indonesian Armed Force) Air Commodore Irwan Isdunggio (center), Director of the Dr. M. Hassan Toto Ngudiarto Air Force Base Hospital Lt. Col Medical Corps dr. Ngudiarto, SpPD (third left), Administrative Coordinator of SPBK Sita Paramita Ayuningtyas (eighth left) and the management after the opening of Free Cataract Surgery program at RSAU dr. M. Hassan Toto Lanud Atang Sendjaja Bogor, Wednesdady (14/03). BCA in collaboration with SPBK Perdami as the professional organization of opthalmologists organize free cataract surgeries in various regions, including Medan, in support of realizing government program Indonesia Cataract Free 2020.
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