One of the country’s leading experts in eye care, Dr Abraham Varghese, manager of the provincial eye-care programme of the Mpumalanga Department of Health, recently received a prestigious national award for community services from the South African Medical Association (Sama).

The event was held at the International Convention Centre in Durban. Varghese is also the convener of Nelspruit Lions Club Eye Care Projects and has a close working relationship with the community.

He represented Mpumalanga in the National Vision 2020 Prevention of Blindness Forum and Bureau for the Prevention of Blindness committee meetings and is the president of the Sama Lowveld branch.

Read more in the next print edition of Lowvelder.