Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Sri Lanka's First State Owned Eye Bank To Be Inaugurate Tomorrow



Sri Lanka's First  State Owned Eye Bank is scheduled to be inaugurate by the President Mahinda Rajapaksha on tomorrow(24) evening.The National Eye Bank will cater the need of Eye Cornea for Cornea transplant patients throughout the Island.

Around Rs.30 Million has been spent to build the National Eye Bank which was funded by the Lee Foundation in  Singapore.Around 30 Eye Corneas have already stored in the newly built Eye Bank while 500 Eye patients needed  eye corneas to get transplanted.

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