Deepender Hooda offers to donate his eyes

by Haryananewswire

CHANDIGARH, OCT 23

Member of Parliament Deepender Singh Hooda today offered to donate his eyes so that the blind may see the light of the day.

Mr. Hooda announced this during a medical checkup camp organized by Health Department at village Jaitpur in district Jhajjar today. He also filled up a form for his eye donation. He said that there were several people who could not see the beautiful world. However, blind could also see with this noble gesture of eye donation. Hence maximum people should come forward to offer for eye donation.   

The Member of Parliament said that Haryana Government had started an ambitious scheme ‘Nehru Drishti Yojna’ aimed at controlling blindness. People should ensure regular checkup of their eyes so that their eyes could brightens someone’s life. He said that a large section of the world was the victim of blindness. People wearing spectacles, suffering from diabetics, high blood pressure, TB and other diseases could also donate eyes, he added.

It may be recalled that Chief Minister Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda had also offered to donate his eyes during launching of two ambitious schemes namely "Nehru Drishti Yojna" and "Indira Bal Swasthya Yojna" on the occasion of Republic Day celebrations in Jhajjar in year 2010.

MLA Mr. Naresh Sharma, Senior Congress leader Mr. Raj Singh Jakhar and a number of dignitaries were also present on this occasion.