{"id":7063,"date":"2017-09-11T17:15:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=7063"},"modified":"2017-09-11T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T17:15:31","slug":"dr-agarwals-eye-hospital-chennai-organises-human-chain-tocreate-public-aareness-on-eye-donation-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=7063","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Agarwal\u2019s Eye Hospital, Chennai organises human chain tocreate public aareness on eye donation awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"
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National Eye Donation fortnight observed every year from25th August to 8th September<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 500 people pledged to donate eye by signing and getting their donor cards<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chennai, Sept. 9: Dr. Agarwal\u2019s Eye Hospital, Chennai organized a Human chain to raise awareness for Eye donation as a part of National Eye donation fortnight 2017, in front of Dr. Agarwal\u2019s Eye Hospital, Cathedral Road, Chennai.<\/strong>
\nThe National Eye Donation Fortnight is observed every year from 25th August to 8th September.<\/strong>
\nThe Human chain was started by film actor Vivek and presided by Dr. Amar Agarwal, Chairman, Dr Agarwal\u2019s Group of Eye Hospitals.<\/strong>
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A huge participation of more than 500 members belonging to different age groups comprising College students, Doctors & staff of Dr. Agarwal Eye Hospital and the general public held placards participated in the human chain which created a mass public awareness about the importance of Eye donation and generated Eye donation pledges.<\/strong>
\nDr. Amar Agarwal, Chairman, Dr Agarwal\u2019s Group of Eye Hospitals said, \u201cThere are 45 million blind persons in the world of which 12 million blind persons are in India, which includes 1% of corneal blindness. We at Dr. Agarwal\u2019s Eye Hospital observed National Eye Donation fortnight at all our Dr Agarwal\u2019s Group of Eye Hospitals and campaigned to bring the masses on a common platform to understand the importance of Eye donation\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n