Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 30 (ANI/PRNewswire): Through its Dr Rajkumar Eye Bank, Narayana Nethralaya has been able to create awareness about the importance of eye donation since 1994.
When thousands had gathered at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru to say an emotional goodbye to the popular actor, doctors in an eye hospital in the city were transplanting the late actor Puneeth Rajkumar's corneas into the eyes of four patients.
The sudden death of Puneeth Rajkumar of a heart attack on Friday left his family and fans lost. But even in that moment of crushing grief, his brother Raghavendra called the eye bank, asking them to collect the actor's eyes for donation.
Actor Puneeth Rajkumar who passed away on Friday after a massive heart attack has helped four patients see. The actor's eyes were donated on Friday afternoon in keeping with his father's promise. Dr Rajkumar had pledged back in 1994 that all his family members' eyes will be donated after their deaths.
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