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The Opto Rally Team
finishes the longest day of the Rally in 17th
position
The 6th stage held yesterday from Palmas (TO) to
Balsas (MA) broke yet another record for this
edition of the Sertões Rally: the longest
special ever was part of this stage (536 km).
There was an initial drive of 126 kilometers to
the place where the special section began. It
started off very quickly with some very fast
stretches, where there were few curves and some
fairly high mountains to drive over.
In Lizarda (TO), where the motorcycles and cars
were refilled for the first time in a long
special, a very slow section began with a lot of
sand until the rally arrived at the southern
plateaus, in Maranhão, a high-speed farming
area, but with a lot of navigation.
There were a lot of sudden changes in direction.
There were a lot of stretches where the teams
had to leave the road to enter another farm.
This placed great demands on the navigation.
The race ended near Balsas (MA), with a final
20-kilometer drive along an asphalt road. It was
the longest day of the rally covering 682
kilometers.
The Opto Rally Team
finished this stage in 17th
position!! Good luck, team!!
The team finished the 5th stage in 18th
place according to the corrected
official results issued by the Rally organizers.
The ophthalmology actions continue... On June 20
(Friday) 94 people
were given ophthalmology examinations in Paranã
(TO), of which 48 will
be given glasses.
On Saturday, examinations were carried out in
Palmas (TO) where 97
people were looked at and 53
pairs of glasses were prescribed. On
Sunday, the team moved on to Balsas (MA) where
examinations were carried out yesterday. 87
people were seen and 46
pairs of glasses were donated.
In the opinion of Dr. Vagner Orlando Filho, the
project ophthalmologist, a cornea specialist,
and a 3rd year student of plastic eye surgery,
"it is very gratifying to take part in a
project of this type. A problem that is, for us,
apparently simple to sort out, such as
prescribing a pair of glasses is, for the people
who are benefited by the project, a huge
benefit. They become able to study and to live
their lives better. If the problem cannot be
solved by simply prescribing a pair of glasses,
that is: if diseases are found, we at least have
the chance of explaining to these people what
they have and sending them to hospitals where
the pathology detected can be treated and
monitored".
In Balsas, one case of toxocariasis, an
infectious eye disease where a parasite forms a
membrane in the region of the eye, becoming
opaque and interfering with vision, was found.
This type of blindness cannot be treated because
it affects the retina (fundus).
The disease is transmitted by a parasite found
in dog feces, and can be transmitted due to poor
hygiene at home. The disease rarely affects both
eyes of the same person; it is much more common
for just one eye to be affected.
Today the examinations were given at the Manuel
Carvalho de Almeida Municipal School in Nova
Iorque (MA).
The
Opto Rally Team
is sponsored by the companies Mediphacos,
Ophthalmos,
Opto Global
and Tecnol,
which are also supporting the Social Action in
Ophthalmology.
See you tomorrow!
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