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UPMC Mercy Receives Mobile Eye Van to Provide Vision Care in Underserved Communities
Brother’s Brother Foundation (BBF), a non-gain corporation based mostly in Pittsburgh, recently donated a cell “eyeVan” to UPMC Mercy and the Eye & Ear Foundation. The van is like a doctor’s workplace on wheels, equipped with health-related engineering to deliver eye tests, screenings and remedies for those people in underserved communities. Dr. Evan “Jake” Waxman, director, UPMC Mercy Eye Heart, fortunately took the keys with the objective of helping extra people in and about Pittsburgh. He oversees a plan known as Guerilla Eye Company, which supplies eyesight treatment to individuals who may perhaps not have entry due to financial limitations or transportation challenges, to identify a number of. “We’re…