Sankara Eye Hospital organized pedalathon to create awareness on eye donation on International World Sight Day 2019 and educate general public on blindness prevention and visual impairment at Cubban Park. The event was flagged off by Dr. Rajani, Joint Director, Ophthalmologist, Government of Karnataka at Press Club.
The event witnessed a participation from over 160 enthusiastic and passionate cyclists coming together to pedal through 3 kilometre stretch within the city.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Rajani, Joint Director, Ophthalmologist, Government of Karnataka Said, “I am delighted to be a part of this initiative by Sankara Eye Hospital. They have been very active in educating and creating awareness among general public on eye donation and in motivating people to pledge their eyes for donation after death.”
Delighted with the overwhelming response and participation, Dr. Umesh Y, Chief Medical Officer, Sankara Eye Hospital, Sankara Eye Hospital, said, “We are excited to see the huge participation for this event. We at Sankara Eye Hospital are committed to bring the positive changes by addressing the challenges of non-availability and non-affordability of quality eye care. Our goal is to eliminate needless blindness and with this we hope more and more people would join us in creating awareness on eye donation. With greater awareness on eye donation, we hope that people will come forth and pledge to donate their eyes.”
The International World Sight day seeks to spread awareness and focus attention on the issue of avoidable blindness and visual impairment. This World Sight Day, let’s find the solutions to ensure that everyone, everywhere has access to sight and encourage others to do the same.
