The twenty man Medical Mission to Anambra has introduced detection of Ear ailment with one of the latest equipment, Audio Scope machine.

Dr Prakash Bhat, a Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgeon, one of the twenty Indian doctors being sponsored by Rotary International for the free medical mission at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Awka, while administering treatment on patients confirmed the use of the equipment, audio scope machine to scan the patients’ ear which he explained has a light that can magnify the ear.

He explained that there is also a rechargeable head light that is used for operations and others that are small but are used for surgery,

Dr Ashik Jadnay and Dr Rayindra Koveray, two opticians in the team said they were using Visuoscopic examination equipment too to determine defects to a patient’s eye.

According to them the equipment can detect defects like glaucoma, one of the root causes of blindness in patients with eye problems.