Hoshiarpur, November 7

Rotary Club, Hoshiarpur Midtown, president Praveen Paliyal said under the project — ‘Gift of Sight — adopted by the Rotary Club, Hoshiarpur Midtown, in September and October, 25 dark lives were enlightened by corneal transplant.

The surgeries were carried out by Guru ka Langar Eye Hospital, Chandigarh and Dr Shakin Eye and Dental Hospital, Amritsar. Chairman Manoj Ohri said 171 corneal transplant operations were performed in a year from October 2020 to October 2021 in which visually-impaired patients from several states benefitted. — OC