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Blind Virginians
Have Vision Again
A total of 86 sight-restoring corneal grafts were made possible in the fiscal year ending June 30 through the co-operation of the Old Dominion Eye Bank and Research, Inc., according to an announcement today by R. Kenneth Hudgins, the eye bank’s Executive Director.
The human eye tissue used for such sight-restoring corneal transplants is provided to Virginia ophthalmologists free of charge through the eye bank’s eye-donor program. Virginia residents are asked to donate their eyes, on death, to the eye bank, so that corneal transplantations can be provided to those of our citizens who have been blinded because of damaged or diseased corneas.
Corneal transplantations are now quite commonplace and have become increasingly successful in restoring vision to those afflicted by this type of blindness. A critical factor in restoring sight to those so afflicted, however, is the human eye tissue for the operations.
The Lions Clubs of eastern Virginia, primary patrons and supporters of the eye baffk, are engaged in a continuing campaign to increase the number of pledges of eye tissue, on death, by Virginia citizens -- in order to supply the much-needed eye tissue. Those willing to make such a donation - so that others may see - are asked to contact any member of a local Lions Club or to write directly to Old Dominion Eye Bank and Research, Inc., 408 North 12th Street, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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