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Employee & Family Eye Clinic Initiative

📍Steelmakers Industrial Clinic, Redcliff

📆 Held from 2nd – 6th June 2025



Caring Beyond the Workplace: A Vision for  Employee Wellbeing

At Steelmakers, we believe that delivering quality goes beyond products, it includes the wellbeing of the people who make it possible. As part of our commitment to sustainable employee welfare, we launched the Employee and Family Eye Clinic Week from 2nd to 6th June 2025.

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This initiative provided free, comprehensive eye care services to over 700 employees and their families, reinforcing our belief that a healthy, supported workforce is the foundation of our productivity and strength. Our collaboration with leading optometrists from across Zimbabwe ensured access to top-tier eye care, because our team's health is the foundation of our productivity and strength.

Employee & Family Eye Clinic Initiative

Free services offered were :

🎯 Visual acuity testing

🎯 Comprehensive eye examinations

🎯 Prescription Glasses

🎯 Cataract screening

🎯 Diabetic retinopathy check

🎯 Eye strain & safety goggles education 

🎯 Family consultations & child screenings


Impact at a Glance

Date Screenings Conducted Spectacles Prescribed Referrals Made Family Members Served
2 June 2025 145 52 12 55
3 June 2025 160 60 14 64
4 June 2025 150 48 13 58
5 June 2025 140 50 11 52
6 June 2025 135 49 10 51
Total 730 259 60 280
Date2 June 2025
Screenings145
Spectacles52
Referrals12
Family Members55
Date3 June 2025
Screenings160
Spectacles60
Referrals14
Family Members64
Date4 June 2025
Screenings150
Spectacles48
Referrals13
Family Members58
Date5 June 2025
Screenings140
Spectacles50
Referrals11
Family Members52
Date6 June 2025
Screenings135
Spectacles49
Referrals10
Family Members51
Total Screenings730
Total Spectacles259
Total Referrals60
Total Families280


Sustainable Health Starts with Sight

Beyond just care, this eye clinic initiative demonstrates our long-term commitment to employee wellness, family health, and safe workplaces. Sight is essential in an industrial environment, and ensuring every worker sees clearly is part of our ZeroHarmPolicy.

A Message from Our Team

“This initiative has helped me, and my children finally get proper glasses. I never thought my employer would take care of my family like this. Thank you, Steelmakers!”

👤 Nyasha M., Employee – Production Line


This program is part of our broader Wellness at Work Campaign, dedicated to empowering lives inside and outside the workplace. We are proud to make healthcare accessible to our employees and their families, creating a stronger and healthier team.


Our outreach at Masvingo General Hospital focused on conducting dental treatment to the underserved members of the local community. Including awareness by promoting dental care education for those unable to afford dental treatment.  Limited capacity of 300 over 2 days. Dental treatment is focused only on very poorer community members. Complex procedure limited based on Dental supplies.  

Dental Outreach Program

Free dental services to be offered are expected to cover :

🎯 Dental screening

🎯 Identification of dental disease 

🎯 Cleaning

🎯 Fluoride treatment 

🎯 Fillings and decay management

🎯 Extractions 

🎯 Oral hygiene education 

🎯 Home care instructions


 

The person next to a bleeding victim may very well be the one who’s most likely to save them from bleeding to death. By learning how to control bleeding, participants gain the ability to recognize life-threatening bleeding and act quickly and effectively to control bleeding techniques. Participants will become qualified Trainers in the ACS Stop the Bleed  training and become empowered to make a life-or-death difference when a bleeding emergency happens.

 

Our instructor Dr Nirav Patel (USA) will teach Nurses and Doctors in person, using training materials specially developed to teach bleeding control techniques. They will not only instruct you but also check your movements as you practice the different bleeding control actions. They will keep working with you until you demonstrate the correct skills to stop the bleed and save a life. The participants will then become qualified trainers to teach others on the lessons learned from US army in this vital techniques.

Stop The Bleed Training

Emergency Medical & First Aid Training led by Dr. Nirav Patel (US)

Key Components:

🎯 Direct pressure application

🎯 Wound packing techniques

🎯 Tourniquet application

🎯 Emergency response protocols

🎯  Training for medical staff   

Learn more about Stop The Bleed ►

 

Empowering GZU Medial Students with Lifesaving Stop the Bleed Skills


Steelmakers and Patel Foundation has partnered with the Great Zimbabwe University to train medical students on how to control bleeding. “By arming the 65 students with the knowledge and tools to act swiftly in times of crisis, we’re paving the way for a community that’s better prepared to face the unexpected, ultimately protecting lives.” 

This exciting collaboration will set in motion a series of training capability within the ZGU  where students will acquire essential skills for responding to life-threatening situations and in supporting the Masvingo community outreach as part of the SkillsMakersProgram.

This initiative is set to revolutionize the way GZU medical students prepare and respond to emergencies, fostering a safer and more resilient community for all.

Dr Nirav Patel is also a qualified trainer in Trauma Education. He will impart his ACS trauma education course skills on addressing safety for the immediate management of injured patients. Covering how to assess a patient’s condition and arrange inter-hospital transfers. This will be aimed a local surgeons and medical students. Focusing on trauma in rural facilities, disaster management, endovascular skills, and more. Find out more....



Lessons from the Battlefield: The Importance of Bleeding Control

The Stop the Bleed initiative highlights the lifesaving importance of bleeding control, drawing from lessons learned in military conflicts. Studies from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars confirmed the effectiveness of tourniquets, leading to their widespread adoption under Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) guidelines.

Subsequent research in 2014 demonstrated similar benefits for civilians, introducing direct pressure and wound packing as essential emergency techniques. The key takeaway: time is critical the faster bleeding is controlled, the greater the chance of survival.

Recognizing this, efforts have since focused on training bystanders, empowering them to act quickly and effectively in life-threatening situations.

Chivi District Hospital Dental Outreach Statistical Report

Treatment Summary

Date Facility Tooth Extractions Fillings Clinical Exams Patients Referred
22/04/2025 Chivi District Hospital 85 8 12 33
23/04/2025 Chivi District Hospital 78 9 8 27
TOTAL 166 17 20 60

Referral Reasons

Referral Reason Number of Patients
Scaling and Polishing28
Root Canal Treatment7
Filling5
Surgical Extraction12
Prosthodontics5
Orthodontic Treatment3

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