For a noble mission Rotarians and friends of Bokaro Rotary Club pledged their eyes — vision to the next generation — at a glittering function held at Bokaro Steel City on Sunday.
“More than 70 Rotarians and friends of Rotary Bokaro pledged their eyes. Rotary Bokaro has now became the first organisation in the State to associate itself with eye donation in partnership with the eye bank recently established at Bokaro General Hospital (BGH), informed Sanjay Tewary.
On this eve Dr Sanjoy Choudhury prominent eye surgeon of BGH briefs on the cataract surgeries and explained the process of eye donation and fondly remembered the good job being done together.
Addressing to the function PDG SS Sahni, mentioned incidents from the over 30 years of joint projects of Rotary and BGH. Rotary President—Syed Jawed Ahmed expressed his gratitude to all who had voluntarily pledged their eyes for the overwhelming response in this initiative.
He also thanked Dr AK Singh, Dr Sanjoy Choudhury and Dr Ranjana Pandey for their efforts and support in Rotary projects like free cataract operations of poor villagers and also for the eye pledge endeavour.
Chief Guest, Dr AK Singh recalled the many join projects over the many years and thanked Rotary for taking the lead in eye donation pledge because the success of such programs depends on awareness where Rotary is making immense contributions.
This is a unique event which allowed each human to bring the light of vision to another person and live on even after death, said Birender Kesri.
Rotary Bokaro has taken a lead in many social projects for polio eradication, environment safeguarding, medical camps, homeo clinics, mother and child health care, nutrition, water management and hygiene, blood donation, adoption of thalasaemia patients, educations, women empowerment, youth leadership, rural upliftment, and vocational training with peace initiatives.