LIFE ENRICHMENT -- 15 ::

ORPHANED ELDERS TO DONATE EYES

BY P S SUNDAR

A treatise on M N Trust's 'Anbalayam' Old Age Home in Denalai village, 10 kilometres from Coonoor, appears in this blog as LIfe Enrichment - 4 ::Caring for elders, a passion and mission", reachable by clicking :: http://pssundarthinktank.blogspot.in/2013_12_01_archive.html.

Now, another magnanimous contribution of the Old Age has come to light -- the decision to donate eyes of inmates when they die.

“This is in response to Government of India’s call to donate eyes during the on-going ‘National Eye Donation Fortnight’.  We will link with hospitals which harvest eyes and enlist inmates support to donate their eyes”, N Ramamurthi, Trustee, told me.

RAJESWARI & RAMAMURTHI INTERACTING WITH INMATES

“In the seven years of our functioning, we have had 57 inmates.  The youngest at present is 64 years old and the eldest is 93. We face death regularly and give them decent farewell”, Managing Trustee Rajeswari said.

SEEMA

“They are not only poor but, in most cases, deserted by their kith as burden and waste.  By helping them donate their eyes, they send a message to the world that they are more useful to society than even kiths who deserted them”, Seema, co-ordinator for Medical Psychiatry, added.

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