Mangaluru: Lions Club M’lore Centurion holds Mega health checkup, eye & blood camp

By Robert DCosta
Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 21 Nov 2021: Lions Club Mangalore Centurion in association with Catholic Sabha unit of St Lawrence parish, Bondel and other social welfare/voluntary organizations, in collaboration with Father Muller Medical College Hospital and KMC Hospital, here held a mega health checkup, eye checkup and free distribution of spectacles including blood camp at St Lawrence Kannada Medium School, Bondel, here on Sunday, November 21, from 8.00am to 1.00pm.

 

 

Fr Andrew Leo D’Souza, parish priest of Bondel, Fr Peter Gonsalves, assistant parish priest, Catholic Sabha Bondel parish unit president Stephen D’Silva, Bondel parishioner, entrepreneur and philanthropist Henbert Pinto, Lions Club Mangaluru Centurion chief extension chairperson Lawrence Lobo, guiding Lion MJF Govardhan Shetty, president Robert D Costa and others were present at the simple function held before beginning the mega camp.

 

Fr Andrew, MJF Govardhan Shetty and others felicitated Malini Menezes who is working as matron at Father Muller Medical College Hospital, for bagging Nightingale Award in recognition of her dedicated service during Covid-19 pandemic on the same occasion.

 

Over 300 people have undergone eye checkup and equal numbers also availed the general checkup during the mega camp.

 

Forty-four units of blood was collected during the blood camp. Ten people signed the papers pledging to donate their eyes.