Sánchez Announces a Help of 100 Euros for Glasses and Contacts of Children Under 16

That optical products are not a luxury item and that they are accessible free of charge for all children under 16 years of age is the initiative of the Government of Spain that will begin to be processed as a royal decree. This has been announced on Monday by the President of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, and the Minister of Health, Mónica García. During the next school year the glasses and lenses of children and adolescents who do not exceed th…

Pedro Sánchez has announced an aid of 100 euros per year for children under 16 years of age who need glasses or contact lenses, regardless of the economic situation of the...

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced this Monday that the Executive begins to process a royal decree to facilitate access to glasses and contact lenses for children and adolescents. Specifically, from the next course, there will be direct help for all those under 16 years of age who need glasses or contact lenses due to vision problems. The Ministry of Health had already reiterated on several occasions its intention that gla…

The Government will grant direct aid of 100 euros to pay for the glasses and lenses of all children under 16 years of age with visual health problems.This is announced on Monday by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, at an event held at the headquarters of the Council of Optics and Optometrists, together with the Minister of Health, Mónica García, who estimates that this measure will benefit more than half a million children and adol…

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"I work long hours in front of the computer and my vision is getting worse," "I have trouble driving at night because I can't see well," or "I can't see people on the street" are increasingly common phrases in our conversations. It's no coincidence: three out of four Spaniards suffer from some kind of vision problem, according to data compiled by Drs. Alfredo Castillo and Carlos Palomino, heads of the Ophthalmology Department at the Olympia Quir…