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Here’s how you can help elderly friends in Virginia obtain medical eye care if they cannot afford it, according to a spokesman for the American Academy of Opthalmology.

Ask them to call the toll-free Helpline of the National Eye Care Project: 1-800-222-EYES.

Each qualified caller will be matched with a nearby Virginia ophtalmologist (a medical doctor who specializes in eye care). The physician has volunteered to provide medical eye care for disadvantaged elderly at no out-of-pocket cost to the patient.

If the elderly person is covered

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