Puneeth Rajkumar’s eye donation gives sight to four persons

His father Dr. Rajkumar had pledged the eyes of his entire family in 1994

Even in his death, Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar gifted eyesight to four persons. Doctors at Narayana Nethralaya, who collected the late actor’s corneas, said they sliced the corneas and transplanted them in four corneal blind patients.

Addressing mediapersons in Bengaluru on November 1, K. Bhujang Shetty, chairman and managing director of Narayana Nethralaya, said, “We are very fortunate and grateful for ‘Power Star’ Puneeth Rajkumar’s eye donation. What was unique is that we used each eye to treat two patients by separating the superior and deeper layers of the cornea.”