Corneal transplant restores eyesight of 20 blind people

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, December 7

The Rotary Club Midtown has restored the eyesight of 20 blind people through corneal transplant in October and November, said Gopal Krishan Vasudeva, president of Rotary Club, Hoshiarpur Midtown, while addressing a special meeting of the club members.

He said selfless social service and making society free from blindness is the main motive of the club. To achieve this, blindness eradication is a permanent project adopted by the club.

He said under the project, 14 patients were operated by Dr Rohit Gupta of Guru Ka Langar Eye Hospital, Chandigarh, whereas Dr Shakeen Singh of Shakeen Eye and Dental Hospital, Amritsar, operated six patients. Among these patients, 14 were from Punjab, two from Haryana, three from Himachal Pradesh and one from Jammu.

According to club secretary Parveen Palial, all these operations were done for free and the expenditure of travel, lodging and food etc. was borne by the club. Cornea were arranged by the club from Jaipur, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad and Karnal-based government eye banks.