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Police Honored
By Eye Bank
The Virginia State Police and the Richmond City Police were honored at the recent annual meeting of the Board of Directors of Old Dominion Eye Bank, held at the Downtown Club in Richmond. Certificates of Distinguished Service to the Blind were accepted for those two organizations by Col.; H. W. Burgess; Superirlwndent of. the Virginia State Police and by Col. Frank S. Duling, Chief, of Police of the City of Richmond. , In making the presentations, L. Paul Byrne, Chairman of the eye; j bank’s Board, noted that the voluntary cooperation of police officers, in helping to speed human eye tissue to its-' destination, has often been the key. factor in making possible the use of that tissue for transplant purposes within the time limits which nature imposes. Corneal eye tissue, taken from the eyes of a deceased donor, must be transplanted within forty-eight hours in order to insure besf possible chance of a successful transplant. - |
Old Dominion Eye Bank, which is completely supported by the Lions Clubs of Virginia, regularly receives the cooperation of individual Lions Club members, as well as the police, in expediting the transportation of eye tissue.
“Because the available supply of human eye tissue cannot possibly meet existing needs, Byrne said, “our police officers are directly responsible for the restored eyesight of many formerly blind Virginians.”
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