EGYPT OIL & GAS CSR SUPPLEMENT
Supporting Our Neighbors:
DEA’s Social Investment Programs DEA Supports “Ophthalmia Convoy” DEA sees itself as a good neighbor and would like to play an active part in society. Through its involvement in CSR projects, the company is able to support the local population in the regions where it operates. One of the latest examples is the “Ophthalmia Convoy” that DEA Egypt has been organizing and supporting.
In the Abou Redis area near the drilling of the East Ras Budran exploration well in the Gulf of Suez, DEA worked together successfully with the Misr El-Kheir Foundation to organize the medical convoy to help those who suffer from eye infections. As the Bedouin communities in Abou Redis are deprived of any medical services and border governorates, the Ophthalmia Convoy travelled straight to this area for three days and thus gave people the opportunity to have their eyes examined and treated, free of charge. The medical convoy was well prepared with a wide range of medical services in which skilful ophthalmic consultants examined 694 patients and gave them precise diagnoses. Surgical operations were carried out on 37 patients during the three days, using state-of-the-art equipment, and another 30 surgical operations were performed in Cairo during August 2018 (corneal transplant, cross-eye correction and pterygium). In many cases, these surgical interventions are able to restore the eyesight in people who have gone completely blind. As for spectacles, 347 sets with lenses of the appropriate strength were
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delivered to the beneficiaries two weeks after their appointments; the patients greatly enjoyed choosing the frames to match. A full-scale pharmacy served the patients with all the medicines they needed where they received their prescribed medication for a full month, and all the medicine they need for three months after any surgical intervention. By the end of the convoy, up to 67 ophthalmia operations were performed, ranging from cataract surgery to corneal transplants. The convoy has contributed towards enabling people with treatable visual impairments to lead normal lives. It has also raised awareness for the prevention of various infections that can induce eye diseases. We are glad that DEA, as an operator in this region of the Sinai Peninsula, can make a lasting contribution towards the social and economic development in this area and especially to the people lacking the very basics of medical care.
