This handicap is often relegated to the background because it does not constitute a direct threat to our health. At least, that’s what we believe. And for many French people, having their eyesight corrected has become a luxury. This is especially true for the homeless.
This is the reason that prompted the Samu social de Paris to organize a care day for the homeless in its premises in partnership with Essilor, Jean-Baptiste François tells us in the daily La Croix. 200 people benefited from a complete eye assessment, of which more than half left with corrective glasses the same day and 61 others had to wait a few days for specific glasses.
If they have not changed the course of their lives, these glasses have, however, upset the daily life of the homeless. At 66, says the journalist, Siga can read the newspaper again and the letters he receives from his family in Algeria. Passionate about literature, this Austrian, who arrived in Paris nine months ago, rediscovers his favorite authors while learning French.
Pleasure found, but not only, explains Christine Laconde, director general of the Samu social de Paris. “It also removes obstacles to integration, to the administrative procedures necessary for registration with the CMU. »
This initiative also enabled the four doctors, assisted by around fifty volunteer Essilor employees, to diagnose more serious pathologies, such as cataracts or glaucoma. The operation will therefore be perpetuated, assure its promoters, and even declined in other centers. Whether in the Val-de-Marne, in an establishment reserved for women or with a traveling bus that will meet families in Ile-de-France.
