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Show Glaucoma clinic cof It's free, it's painless, It's important! It's the adult glaucoma screening clinic, to be held Thursday, April 28, 1977 in the Belknap Elementary School from 7:00-9:00 pjn. The actual screening at the clinic will be done quickly quick-ly and painlessly by medical doctors who are experienced in using aSchiotz Tonometer. Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness. According to JoAnn Jacob-sen Jacob-sen Wells, Executive Director Direc-tor of the Society, an estimated es-timated 7,000 persons in Utah over the age of 35 have Glaucoma and many of them are not aware of it until un-til considerable vision has been lost. All Beaver County residents resi-dents are urged to take advantage ad-vantage of this free screening. screen-ing. Mrs. Wells said Glaucoma, often called the "Sneak Thief of Sight", can be present without warning symptoms. And, sight stolen by Glaucoma Glau-coma can't be restored by any method. Early detection detec-tion and treatment, however, can arrest Glaucoma and . blindness can be prevented. |
