Check-mate: Sachin, Vishy get tonnes of vision

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsTen years ago, much before there was any talk of Sachin Tendulkar achieving a hundred 100’s, Dr Amar Agarwal dedicated a century to the cricket legend. He conducted 100 free cataract surgeries per year for needy people, free-of-charge, when the maestro inaugurated the eye hospital group’s Bangalore centre.“We even sent him the records of all the operations that we performed and he was quite happy,” said Dr Agarwal, Chairman of Dr Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals. On Saturday, this sports-linked philanthropy reached the next level when he dedicated another 100 free cataract surgeries to chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, much to his pride and delight.Anand, the five-time world chess champion, inaugurated the brand new state-of-the-art operation theatre block at Dr Agarwal’s flagship hospital on Dr Radhakrishnan Salai. “This block houses three operation theatres and will greatly increase our capacity to operate on people” said Dr Agarwal.Delighted at the gesture, Anand collected the manifesto of 100 patients who had received the gift of cataract-free vision in his name, and thanked Dr Agarwal for his service. “I am delighted at the good that is being done in my name. For 55 years, Agarwal’s Eye Hospital has stood as a name that we can all entrust our eyes to and such gestures merely show how committed they are to serving society,” he said.first published:September 16, 2012, 08:48 ISTlast updated:September 16, 2012, 08:48 IST 
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