Free eye exams, glasses for Boston students
Updated: 5:10 PM EST Feb 1, 2022
CAME RIGHT TO THE STUDENTS AT ONE BOSTON SCHL.OO JENNIFER EAGAN REPORTS. >> ARE YOU EXCITED TO GET YOUR EYES CHECK?ED >> YEAH. JENNIFER: AT BLACKSTONE ELEMENTARY IN ROXBURY, SOME STUDENTS TOOK A QUICK TEST OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. INCLUDING HEAVEN, A FOURTH GRADER WHO SOMETIMES HAS TROUBLE SEEING THE BOA.RD >> MY EYES THEY ARE USED TO BEING SHUT LIKE THIS, NOT OPEN. >> IN THE FIRST SQUARE CAN YOU POINT TO WHICH CIRCLE POPS OUT? >> I GUESS THIS ONE. >> 80% OF LEARNING IS VISUAL AND 20% OF STUDENTS HAVE A VUALIS DEFICIENCY WHERE THEY CAN’ESET THE BOARD OR ARE NOT ABLE TO LEARN IN SCHOOL. AND A SIMPLE PAIR OF GLASSES CAN FIX THAT. JENNIFER: 2020 ON SITE BRINGS EYE EXAMS RIGHT TO COMPANIES AND SCHOOLS WITH THEIR MOBILE OFFICE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T PRIORITIZE THEIR EYE HEALTH OR THEY ARE IN SITUATIONS WERE THEY –T IIS HARDER FOR THEM TO ACCESS CARE. JENNIFER: THE VISIT WAS FUNDED BY AGTC, A BIOTECHNOLOGY COMNYPA THAT DECIDED TO HONOR PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR CLINICAL TRIALS, BY DONATING EYE EXAMS THROUGH GREATER GIFT. >> THAT REALLY ENFORCES FOR THE PATIENTS INVOLVED IN CLINILCA TRIAL, THAT ARE ALL INVOLVED IN EYE CLINICAL TRIALS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMPACT OF THEIR CONTRIBUTION AS CLICALIN PARTICIPANTS. JENNIFER: HEAVEN DOES NEED A PRESCRIPTION, AND SHE PICKEDUT O THE PERFECT PAIR OF FREE FRAMES, >> YEAH IM GOING WITH THESE. >> YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO PICK THEM. MMHMM, AWE.OMES JENNIFER: ANY STUDENT WHO NE
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Free eye exams, glasses for Boston students
Updated: 5:10 PM EST Feb 1, 2022
Many people have put off medical care during the pandemic and that includes eye exams for children. But on Tuesday, the doctor went to the students at one Boston school.
Many people have put off medical care during the pandemic and that includes eye exams for children. But on Tuesday, the doctor went to the students at one Boston school.
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