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05/23/2024 – The Pesaro Host Lions Club and the Leo Club (the young Lions), led respectively by Dr. Andrea Luminati and Dr. Clelia Bisello, took to the field to fight the treacherous eye disease called amblyopia also known as “lazy eye”.
The prevention campaign is coordinated by Lions doctor Renato Zampetti and was carried out in nursery schools on 4 year old children. Amblyopia is an alteration of the transmission of the nervous signal to the eye or both eyes and affects 4% of the population . If the disease is diagnosed in time it can be cured successfully; therefore, the prevention carried out by the Pesaro Host Lions Club and the Leo Club is extremely important, which consists in carrying out an accurate visual examination on 4-5 year old children as only at that age can any vision defects be recoverable.
This service was created in collaboration with the Municipality of Pesaro through the Educational Services, planning a series of visits, one for each nursery school in the municipal area. From the beginning of January until the beginning of June, school by school, a work team consisting of an orthotist and two supporting lions/leos variously composed of the orthotists Chiara Marchio and Alessandra Renganeschi, Lions members: Renato Zampetti, coordinator, Giorgio Maria Paola, Attilio Della Santina, Federico Gentili, Robert Varonier and Leo partners: Clelia Bisello and Matteo Ferri, examined 382 children free of charge in 29 municipal and state schools in Pesaro, and 74 were found to be critical cases, but recoverable as the disease was diagnosed in time.
