{"id":35861,"date":"2017-09-15T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kcb-bank-rwanda-offers-treatment-services-to\/"},"modified":"2017-09-19T12:41:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:41:29","slug":"kcb-bank-rwanda-offers-treatment-services-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kcb-bank-rwanda-offers-treatment-services-to\/","title":{"rendered":"KCB Bank Rwanda offers treatment services to cataract patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Corporate Social Responsibility event was held  at Dr. Agarwal\u2019s Eye Hospital where the eye surgeries were performed.<\/p>\n<p>The patients have been selected from the districts of Gasabo and Nyarugenge. The most vulnerable have been given preference mainly for eye surgery to cure cataract disease.<\/p>\n<p>At the occasion, a total of 20 patients received treatment to correct various optical deficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe owe it to our communities to give back and restore good health and dignity where possible,\u201d said Mr. George Odhiambo, Ag. Managing Director KCB Bank Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestoration of sight can go a long way in enabling one to be self-reliant which builds hope and encourages personal growth\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The patients were thrilled to be able to see again after years of partial or total blindness in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that I am able to see, I can\u2019t wait to visit my children and friends\u201d said Munyambuga Ibrahim, a patient who had cataract in both eyes.<\/p>\n<p>KCB Bank Rwanda also offered consultancy and free eye checkup for its customers who appreciated the gesture.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cIt is just touching to have your bank give you a courtesy call concerning your health especially eye care which can at times be so costly,\u201d said a KCB customer.<\/p>\n<p>The KCB Foundation supports various aspects of the local community through the Bank\u2019s Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives under five key areas; Education, Enterprise Development, Health, Environment and Humanitarian Aid.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21775 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/erfgt.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KCB Bank Rwanda through its KCB Foundation and partnership with Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology (RIIO) has treated underprivileged patients suffering from cataract disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35861"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=35861"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=35861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}