More than 350 men and women participated in an eye donation walk that was conducted on Beach Road here as part of the eye donation fortnight which commenced on Saturday.
Earlier, Superintendent of Government Eye Hospital V.V.L. Narasimha Rao and HoD of Ophthalmology of Andhra Medical College and Programme Manager of District Blindness Control Society P. Krishna Prasad inaugurated the fortnight, which is being observed by the VEBART Trust, Mohsin Eye Bank, REH, Lions Club of Visakhapatnam and the Vasavi Clubs.
Chairman of Mohsin Eye Bank Kasim S. Mehdi requested people to donate their eyes and participate actively in resorting sight of corneal blind people.
Secretary Arisetty Sreeramamurthy introduced parents of Lalitha, who donated her cornea, to the gathering and handed over the Netradana certificate to them. Chairman of the eye donation fortnight Rajasekhar spoke.
Students and doctors of AMC, REH, Govt. College of Nursing, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Visakha Eye Hospital, Vasan Eye Hospital, members of Lions Club, Vasasi Club and walkers’ clubs participated in the walk.
via The Hindu Newspaper http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/article3824009.ece
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