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Muscat Eye Laser Center reaches out to the Ministry of Education and Sablah members

Muscat Eye Laser Center has joined hands with the Ministry of Education to offer special discounts and complimentary check-ups to teachers. In addition, Muscat Eye Laser Center has re-enforced its support to the Ministry for any new initiative that it undertakes.

The Ministry of Education lauded the initiative taken by Muscat Eye Laser Center. Hashim al-Moosawi, Head of Employee Benefits Section, Staff Care Department, said, “The Ministry of Education has always made efforts to provide the best healthcare to the public by forging a strong relation between the public and private sector. The offer by the Center to provide free check-up for the teachers and the administrative staff of the ministry is a step in this direction. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Muscat Eye Laser Center and the CEO Mr. Sameer for their co-operation and hope this paves the way for other private companies to take similar initiatives as well.”

“While we have taken steps to support the Ministry of Education in the past, this is a reiteration of our commitment to the youth and the teachers who groom and lay the foundations of their future,” said Sameer Al Awam, CEO of the Center.

MELC is also reaching out to the youth through one of Oman’s leading and popular online Arabic forums, Sablah. Special discounts are exclusively being offered to the 134,000 plus members who are constantly updated on the ongoing activities at the Center through emails and advertising online.

Muscat Eye Laser Center has consistently been promoting schemes to encourage the youth, estimated to comprise over 50 per cent of the country’s population, to get regular eye check-ups in an effort to educate them as well as minimise eye problems at a later stage. Teachers play a pivotal role in spreading awareness and sharing information that could keep eye problems in check. Muscat Eye Laser Center strongly believes teachers and students are the pillars of the nation’s growth and shows its appreciation through such small initiatives.

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